Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Monday signed a bill into law that will make animal cruelty toward cats and dogs a felony in the commonwealth. The bill was unanimously approved by both Virginia's House of Delegates and Senate before advancing to the governor's office. Forty-eight U.S. states
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Monday signed a bill into law that will make animal cruelty toward cats and dogs a felony in the commonwealth.
Forty-eight U.S. states as well as Washington D.C., Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands now have laws making certain types of animal cruelty a felony offense, according to the Humane Society of the United States. Virginia was the most recent. There is no federal law that criminalizes animal cruelty, apart from animal fighting and creating or distributing videos that show the killing or torture of animals.
Although Sugar's case was the catalyst for toughening the state's animal cruelty legislation, the bill was soon dubbed"Tommie's Law" after a pit bull named Tommie was tied to a pole, doused in fuel then set on fire in Richmond on Feb. 10.
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