animal abuse

Kurt Zouma of West Ham United reacts during the Premier League match with Watford at London Stadium on Tuesday. Zouma has apologized after a video showed him abusing cats.

World News
Sports

U.K. soccer player Kurt Zouma is under fire after a video showed him abusing cats

6:10pm February 09, 2022

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

The West Ham United player has been fined for his actions and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has launched an investigation into the matter.

Congress has approved the first law making severe animal abuse a federal crime, in a move that Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., calls "a milestone for pet owners and animal lovers across the country."

National
Politics & Government

Trump Is Expected To Sign Bill Making Animal Cruelty A Federal Crime

5:00pm November 07, 2019

by Bill Chappell

The PACT Act would be the first national law making severe animal cruelty and torture illegal. An earlier law only banned videos of such acts.

University of Connecticut law professor Jessica Rubin, left, and law student Taylor Hansen present arguments as animal advocates in a dogfighting case in Hartford on Tuesday. Connecticut is the first state to allow court-appointed advocates to represent a

National

In A First, Connecticut's Animals Get Advocates In The Courtroom

5:46pm June 02, 2017

by Laurel Wamsley

The state's legal advocates are one sign of the emerging field of animal law. In 2000, nine law schools had courses in animal law; by 2015, that number was 151.