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Registered Pet Offenders™
One of the missions of the American Pet Cross is to
identify, publicize, and bring to punishment those
individuals who abuse animals in any manner. Animal abuse is
a multi-billion dollar cost to the citizens of the United
States. Valuable community resources are spent each year
locating, identifying and prosecuting those who would do or
have done harm to animals. In many situations due to crowded
court dockets, diminishing county and state resources, and
lack of awareness on the part of the public and its
officials, animal abuse goes unchecked and unpunished.
The American Pet Cross has established a
copyright and trademark protected name for individuals who
have been charged with animal abuse: Registered Pet
Offender.
A Registered Pet Offender is an individual whose actions have
been investigated and charged with an incidence of animal abuse that
has resulted in either a conviction, fine, penalty, or jail sentence
for their actions.
It is the belief and policy of American Pet
Cross that these individuals are not only a danger to
animals, but to other living creatures as well. Our policy is
to publicly identify these individuals on a national basis,
to make their locations and whereabouts known, and to
prohibit their purchase of animals of any type until it can
be determined that they have been rehabilitated.
American Pet Cross will collaborate with
those organizations below to assist in the identification
and tracking of such individuals. We encourage you to
support these organizations as well, and to urge through
local and state legislation the adoption of the Registered
Pet Offender status.
American Pet Cross believes that the actions
of these individuals should be a bar to obtaining or
renewing a drivers license unless they have reimbursed the
local authority for the costs in prosecuting or
investigating the allegations of abuse, and have
attended a mandatory 8-hour Animal Education Course, paid for
at their expense. We also believe that the Registered Pet
Offender should be made to complete 100 hours of community
service at the local animal control shelter. Should you wish
to support these efforts, we encourage you to contact your
local city counsel, county commission, or state legislator to
initiate legislation to create the Registered Pet Offender
status.
A Registered Pet Offender is not a neighbor or employee
you want. Help us to help the animals they abuse.
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