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Animals Animal Protection: Prohibit The Obstruction Of The Commissioner Of Agriculture And Employed Officers; Change Certain Provisions Relating To Definitions; Provide For Inspection Warrants And Impounding And Disposal Of Mistreated Animals; Provide For Notice And Hearing To Owners Of Impounded Animals; Change Certain Provisions Relating To Animal Care By Licensed Persons; Provide For Injunctions And Restraining Orders; Prohibit Abandoning Domestic Animals; Prohibit Dog Fighting; Provide For Reporting Of Violations And The Civil And Criminal Immunity Of Reporters; Change Certain Provisions Relating To Cruelty To Animals; Change Certain Provision Relating To Penalties; Provide For Exemptions, Bonnie Lassiter

Georgia State University Law Review

The Act, called the Animal Protection Act, prohibits obstructing the Commissioner of Agriculture or his or her agents, or animal control officers, in the perfection of their duties. The Act also changes a number of sections of the Georgia Code to increase the severity of punishment for animal cruelty offenses by providing that a second animal cruelty offense that results in the animals death will be a misdemeanor of high and aggravated nature and will incur a more sever penalty. Future, the Act creates the felony offense of aggravated cruelty to animals (an act which makes a part of the …