Betty Olson Lindsey Marty Jodie Byington Jodie OBryan Brenda Wilson Deb Brown Lonny Lesmeister Judy Derrickson Meria Sperle Derek Hunter Abby ONeill Zane Holcomb Kori Grass Jason James Fairhead Todd Jimi Byrne Cheryl Porch Lyle Lesmeister Valerie Anne VanderMay Erin Provost Drew Dennert Nichya Gunderson Maggie Mae Thompson Horseshoe Bar Hope Olic Shawn Amiotte Allie Trueblood Patti Merrill-Olic Carol Johnson Vaughn Carol A Hoffman Carole Stensland Wammen Liz Fisher Kathy Fortune Seth MayMarquittee Heathershaw Heather ONeill Harris Joe N Stevie Wilson Kasi Harris Valerie Guptill MaxineLivermont Jacob Tom Ward Chris Faubion Bo Sharp Barb DeJong Paula Vogelgesang Twila Goodman Andrea Olic Leanne Wells Dorothy Larabee Shad Jensen Jack Gully Dakota Longbrake Wess Larabee Tami Gilbert Katie Hunter I want to bring attention to the animal cruelty bill that will be heard in House Judiciary Committee Monday at 10:00. This bill is brought to you compliments of Human Society of the United States via the SD Animal Industry Board. The most onerous is the key point of the bill…causing 40-1-2.4 to be changed to say “No person may subject an animal to cruelty. A violation of this section is a Class 6 felony”. Under 40-1-1, the term “Cruelty” is amended to be “to intentionally, willfully, and maliciously inflict gross physical abuse on an animal that causes prolonged pain, that causes serious physical injury, or that results in the death of the animal. While the other sections in the chapter attempt to define limitations, this is nothing more than a broad stroke attempt to outlaw ALL animal related activities in the state…both meat production and hunting…its just a foundation step for future amendment. Every single definition is subjective excepting the word kill…and even that could be manipulated…what is humane for example…it still ends in dead? The play book of lobbying is to chip away at an issue a winnable piece at a time until you have changed the law to say what you want it to…existing safeguards notwithstanding, several of the changes in this lengthy and confusing bill-on line item merit-could easily be argued or negotiated and a court ruling could change the intent of the law. We all agree animal cruelty is unaccceptable, but we currently have strong laws in place to address those rare occasions. Agriculture is our number one industry and rodeo our number one sport. Do we really want to jeopardize our way of life over threats from HSUS. PLEASE share this with your friends and plan to attend the committee mtg. Monday morning 10:00AM State Capital. Without the voice of the people this bill will pass. Following is a link to email the members of the Judiciary Committee.legis.sd.gov/.../Comm.../CommitteeMembers.aspx... Dont use their site program to email or it will take too long. Just send from your own email using this template: [email protected] You can bypass the verification process that way. 2014 Session - House Judiciary
Posted on: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 20:06:34 +0000