There’s still a long way to go in the fight against animal cruelty, but animals and their two-legged supporters have a lot to celebrate in April during Animal Cruelty Prevention Month.

One of the biggest victories came last August, when Libre’s Law finally made animal abuse a felony, writes Gary Puleo in The Times Herald.

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Kristen Tullo, Pennsylvania State Director of the Human Society of the United States, who had sponsored the legislation, had noted the historical significance of Libre’s Law during a visit to the Montgomery County SPCA in Conshohocken in February where she joined U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa. in touting the success of the Prevent Animal Cruelty and Torture Act (PACT).

Humane Society CEO Wayne Pacelle noted: “Malicious cruelty is shameful abhorrent conduct and perpetrators should never get a free pass from the federal government. We already have federal laws against dogfighting and cockfighting and a wide range of other animal crimes with an interstate component. It’s time to close the gap in our federal laws on matters of extreme cruelty.”

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