Georgia
State senator looking at animal abuse laws
ATLANTA – State Sen. Robert Brown, D-Macon, is looking at ways to strengthen the state’s animal abuse laws and wants to make sure authorities have the “best tools possible to prosecute the abuse of innocent animals.” Brown in 2000 sponsored the Animal Cruelty Act, which changed abuse from a misdemeanor to a felony. “Animal abuse is often an indicative trait of future acts of violence against humans, and prosecuting such behavior is our first line