Cruel thugs who abuse pets now face three years in jail under new animal welfare laws introduced in one state
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Queenslanders who breach their duty of care to pets and livestock face fines of up to $287,500 or three years in jail under new animal welfare laws.
In the first update of animal welfare laws in more than two decades, the new offence of aggravated breach of duty of care was just one of a range of changes introduced on Friday.
The laws will also require dogs to be restrained in cars, with exemptions for working dogs, and ban prong dog collars, cauterising horse legs and yellow phosphorous pig poison.
New animal cruelty laws in Queensland give welfare inspectors more powers, and ban some practices
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Queenslanders who breach their duty of care to pets and livestock face fines of more than $250,000 or three years in jail
Animal inspectors will be given more entry and compliance powers with animal welfare directions, allowing officers to provide relief to an animal from adverse weather conditions or another aggressive animal.
People with animal cruelty findings against them interstate will also be banned from keeping animals in Queensland.
The laws come after a review of Queensland’s animal welfare laws made a series of recommendations.
‘Queenslanders want to see animals better protected and people who don’t comply punished appropriately, and that is exactly what these updated laws provide,’ the state’s Agriculture minister Mark Furner said.
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