VA GOV. NORTHAM SIGNS LAW TO PROTECT ANIMALS, DECLINES TO PROTECT BABY HUMANS.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Monday signed a bill into law that will make animal cruelty toward cats and dogs a felony in the commonwealth. The state’s current law requires the animal to die from its injuries for the abuse to be deemed a felony. But under the new law, which comes into effect July 1, anyone who “tortures, … Continued