Visit AHA's National Resource Center on the Link Between Violence to People and Animals to learn more about this issue. This bill will require animal control officers or other agents to report known or suspected child abuse, abandonment, or neglect.
Research confirms a strong correlation between violence against animals and violence toward humans.
Parents, community leaders, prosecutors, judges, and others concerned with violence in communities are coming to recognize the importance of animal cruelty as an indicator of disturbed family relationships and future aggressive behavior towards humans. S.B. 96 provides a necessary step to help identify, and ultimately curb family violence and animal cruelty. This bill is moving through the Florida legislature. You can leave a message on your Senate or House member s voicemail, with an assistant, or send an email or fax. I urge you to vote favorably for S.B. 96 when it comes before you in the legislature.