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• W1554214209 abstract "Although forty-six states make it a felony to cruelly harm a dog or cat, under Mississippi’s current “companion animal” statute it is merely a misdemeanor to “maliciously...kill, maim...wound, or injure any dog or cat.” Thus, when twenty-year-old Travis Bradford, a certified home health nursing assistant, pleaded guilty to dousing his dog in lighter fluid and setting her on fire, he faced a maximum sentence of six months in jail or a $1000 fine. Judge Charlie Vess sentenced Bradford to the maximum available penalty, but stated that Bradford’s crime was “one of the most horrific things [he had] ever had to deal with” in his twenty years as a judge and should be a felony. Nevertheless, Bradford was free to return to society within a very short period of time. Although many studies show that animal abusers also commit crimes against humans, under Mississippi’s animal cruelty laws the sentencing judge could not order Bradford to have a psychological evaluation or seek counseling. Moreover, despite committing a violent crime, Bradford’s criminal record reflects only that he plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of animal cruelty. While a felony plea would have been prohibited Bradford from, among other things, owning a firearm or working in a school, a misdemeanor plea does not have the same consequences. Furthermore, while Bradford’s case was actually prosecuted, perhaps because his crime was so horrific, prosecutors typically devote their limited time and resources to felony cases, not misdemeanors. Accordingly, most misdemeanor animal cruelty cases are never pursued and it is not until an animal abuser commits a crime against a human being that the criminal justice system intervenes. During the 2010 session of the Mississippi legislature, Senator Billy Hewes, R-Gulfport, introduced Senate Bill No. 2623 which, inter alia, made it a felony to “with malice torture, mutilate, maim, burn, starve, disfigure or kill any domesticated dog or cat.” The penalty for a conviction under the proposed companion animal statute was one to five years in prison and a fine of $1500 to $10,000. Senate Bill No. 2623 passed the Senate but failed in the House, largely because the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation argued that it would be harmful to Mississippi’s farming industry. This objection, along with the others that doomed S.B. 2623, reflect a fundamental misunderstanding of the purposes of animal cruelty laws and, in particular, the crucial role that a felony penalty for malicious cruelty to cats and dogs could play in protecting all Mississippians. Thus, the goal of this Article is to demonstrate that the objections to S.B. No. 2623 were meritless and explain why Mississippi should enact a felony companion animal statute as well as other key provisions of S.B. 2623.This Article proceeds in several parts. Part II discusses the reasons behind the enactment of both early and modern animal cruelty statutes and Part III identifies the common features of modern animal cruelty laws. Part IV details Mississippi’s animal cruelty statutes and compares them to typical modern cruelty laws. Part V describes the provisions of S.B. No. 2623 in detail and explains why the Mississippi Farm Bureau Federation and others opposed S.B. 2623. Part VI argues that the objections to S.B. 2623 were frivolous and makes the case for a felony companion animal statute in Mississippi. Finally, Part VII contends that a bill modeled on S.B. 2623 should be introduced during the 2011 legislative session and passed by the Mississippi legislature." @default.
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• W1554214209 title "Protecting Cats and Dogs in Order to Protect Humans: Making the Case for a Felony Companion Animal Statute in Mississippi" @default.
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