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Kitten thief convicted of misdemeanor

March 6th, 2008 · Comments Off · Cats, Criminal Law

A man who stole a kitten from the SPCA because he couldn’t afford the $100 adoption fee was convicted of a misdemeanor in Richmond General District Court on Tuesday. The judge gave Carlos Marshall a 12-month suspended sentence, fined him $250 and ordered him to do 100 hours of community service.
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Animals may fare well in ‘08 Assembly

January 15th, 2008 · Comments Off · Animal Rights, Cats, General Assembly

Animal rights activists have tried for years to get Virginia’s laws on animal fighting changed to protect the four-legged of the world, with little to show for it. After the embarassment of the Michael Vick dogfighting case here in the Old Dominion, legislators apparently now are listening.
The Washington Post reports the 2008 session has been [...]

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