how to make a law?

Question

my grandsons cat was hurt and done on purpose.My cat was shot by a cross bow two years ago. In wyoming acorriding to our cops there is no cruelety to animals how do i go about starting a law?

Answer 1

Wyoming

Wyo. Stat. 6-3-203

Cruelty to animals is defined as: “knowingly and with intent to cause death, injury or undue suffering: overrides an animal or drives an animal when overloaded; or unnecessarily or cruelly beats, tortures, torments, injures, mutilates or attempts to kill an animal; or carries an animal in a manner that poses undue risk of injury or death; or unnecessarily fails to provide it with the proper food, drink or protection from the weather, or cruelly abandons the animal, or in the case of immediate, obvious, serious illness or injury, fails to provide the animal with appropriate care.” Cruelty to animals is a Misdemeanor with a fine up to $750 and/or imprisonment up to 6 months.

Aggravated animal cruelty is defined as: “Owns, possesses, keeps or trains fowls or dogs with the intent to allow the dog or fowl to engage in an exhibition of fighting with another dog or fowl” or attends, permits or promotes such an event. Aggravated cruelty to animals or a second or subsequent offense of cruelty to animals is a high misdemeanor with a fine up to $5000 and/or imprisonment up to 1 year.

Felony cruelty to animals is defined as: “knowingly and with intent to cause death, injury or undue suffering, cruelly beats, tortures, torments, injures or mutilates an animal resulting in the death or required euthanasia of the animal.” This is a Felony with a fine up to $5000 and/or imprisonment up to 2 years.

Additional sentencing provisions are: forfeiture of animals, cost of care, and prohibit or limit possession, ownership or custody of animals. Exemptions are made for use of dogs in livestock management, use or training of dogs or raptors for hunting, humanely destroying an animal, industry accepted agricultural and livestock practices, rodeo, hunting or capture or predatory animals or other wildlife not otherwise prohibited.

Answer 2

Boy: Woof! You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to this Capitol Building here in Washington. But I wonder who that sad little scrap of paper is?

I'm just a bill.
Yes, I'm only a bill.
And I'm sitting here on Capitol Hill.
Well, it's a long, long journey
To the capital city.
It's a long, long wait
While I'm sitting in committee,
But I know I'll be a law someday
At least I hope and pray that I will,
But today I am still just a bill.

Boy: Gee, Bill, you certainly have a lot of patience and courage.

Bill: Well I got this far. When I started, I wasn't even a bill, I was just an idea. Some folks back home decided they wanted a law passed, so they called their local Congressman and he said, "You're right, there oughta be a law." Then he sat down and wrote me out and introduced me to Congress. And I became a bill, and I'll remain a bill until they decide to make me a law.

I'm just a bill
Yes I'm only a bill,
And I got as far as Capitol Hill.
Well, now I'm stuck in committee
And I'll sit here and wait
While a few key Congressmen discuss and debate
Whether they should let me be a law.
How I hope and pray that they will,
But today I am still just a bill.

Boy: Listen to those congressmen arguing! Is all that discussion and debate about you?

Bill: Yeah, I'm one of the lucky ones. Most bills never even get this far. I hope they decide to report on me favourably, otherwise I may die.

Boy: Die?

Bill: Yeah, die in committee. Oooh, but it looks like I'm gonna live! Now I go to the House of Representatives, and they vote on me.

Boy: If they vote yes, what happens?

Bill: Then I go to the Senate and the whole thing starts all over again.

Boy: Oh no!

Bill: Oh yes!

I'm just a bill
Yes, I'm only a bill
And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill
Well, then I'm off to the White House
Where I'll wait in a line
With a lot of other bills
For the president to sign
And if he signs me, then I'll be a law.
How I hope and pray that he will,
But today I am still just a bill.

Boy: You mean even if the whole Congress says you should be a law, the president can still say no?

Bill: Yes, that's called a veto. If the President vetoes me, I have to go back to Congress and they vote on me again, and by that time you're so old...

Boy: By that time it's very unlikely that you'll become a law. It's not easy to become a law, is it?

Bill: No!

But how I hope and I pray that I will,
But today I am still just a bill.

Congressman: He signed you, Bill! Now you're a law!

Bill: Oh yes!!!

Answer 3

There is always more than one way to skin a cat. (sorry I couldn't resist the very bad pun).

There might be no animal cruelty law, but there certainly are laws against destruction of property. Perhaps you should consider prosecuting the case under those existing statutes.

As far as making a new law, you will need to get one of your local lawmakers to sponsor the bill. It also doesn't hurt to have a lobbyist see that the initiative gets the attention it deserves. Perhaps working with a larger animal rights group would give you a bit more political clout than trying to get this done as an individual.

Answer 4

You could make a petition to your MP, or senator in US, local council about the lack of law to protect animals. However, a one person petition will mostly be disregarded by them.
It will be better if you liase with your local animal protection agency and launch a campaign on the street in asking the public to sign petition for animal protection law, get as much signature from the public as possible. A petition with thousand of signatures will attract more attention than one.
If the petition is still disregarded, then write to every senators in US or governors who might take interest in the lack of animal protection law in your state.
Good luck.

Answer 5

Unless you're part of whatever legislative group the city, county or state happens to have, there's not much you can do besides petition your government and try to get people to support your cause, and hope the government notices. I wouldn't get too hopeful if I were you.

Answer 6

Every state has laws prohibiting animal cruelty. Contact your local representatives and petition him to enact laws or contact the local PD and file a formal complaint.

Answer 7

To make a law, a question is required to be asked in parliament regarding some lapses in the society, this job is done by MP or MLA so contact them.

Answer 8

Contact your representatives. But I think they lied about not having a law for cruelty to animals...

Answer 9

That cop is full of B.S.,

if you know who did it smallclaims court for the suit and P.E.T.A. will be able to tell you what your local laws are :)

Answer 10

I watch the new episodes of Law & Order: SVU.