Pokey is a male springer spaniel.
He is about three years old, and was found as a stray near Dean's Restaurant on South Royal Avenue. For more information on this and other animals available for adoption at the Julia Wagner Animal Shelter, call 635-4734, Mon. through Sat., from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. The shelter is located just off Route 619, south of Front Royal. The state of Alabama on May 23 signed into law the Pet Protection Act. Previously in Alabama, animal cruelty was punishable by up to six months in jail, but most of the offenders walked.