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Track Animal Cruelty at the FBI
The Tracking Animal Cruelty Crimes Act (S. 2439), recently introduced by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), directs the U.S. Attorney General to modify the FBI’s crime data reporting systems to list cruelty to animals as a separate offense category.
Research clearly demonstrates that there is a close association between animal abuse and family violence, as well as other crimes. In addition, animal abuse frequently is one of the first signals of a child, and family, at risk. Without accurate tracking, there is no way to access important information such as trends or the relationship to demographic and geographic data, on which to base policy development and resource allocation.
TAKE ACTION - Please make brief, polite phone calls to your two U.S. Senators to urge co-sponsorship and support for The Tracking Animal Cruelty Crimes Act (S. 2439). You can reach your Senators by calling the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121, or click here to look up your Senators and their office phone numbers.
The Tracking Animal Cruelty Crimes Act (S. 2439), recently introduced by Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), directs the U.S. Attorney General to modify the FBI’s crime data reporting systems to list cruelty to animals as a separate offense category.
Research clearly demonstrates that there is a close association between animal abuse and family violence, as well as other crimes. In addition, animal abuse frequently is one of the first signals of a child, and family, at risk. Without accurate tracking, there is no way to access important information such as trends or the relationship to demographic and geographic data, on which to base policy development and resource allocation.
TAKE ACTION - Please make brief, polite phone calls to your two U.S. Senators to urge co-sponsorship and support for The Tracking Animal Cruelty Crimes Act (S. 2439). You can reach your Senators by calling the Capitol switchboard at (202) 224-3121, or click here to look up your Senators and their office phone numbers.