KRIS DAVY: WILDLIFE HARASSMENT ETC

Johns' sister Kris not only hates and holds a grudge against John due to her admitted envy and/or jealousy of him; but she also exercises that hatred with fowl play towards John by harassing Johns' beloved neighborhood ducks. Note: Attached video shows Kris chasing ducks into the street and being nearly run over. 

Kris is also adamant about locking one of Johns' cats in the garage during the day when it gets hot. This is essentially like locking an animal in a hot car on a hot day; IT'S UNACCEPTABLE AND WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. > Go to: Leaving an Animal in an Unattended Vehicle California Penal Code 597.7 PC @ http://www.shouselaw.com/animal-unattended.html and/or depriving an animal of necessary food, drink, or shelter (or failing to protect an animal from severe weather conditions) and/or leaves his residence for weeks at a time, leaving animals caged and/or tied up without access to sufficient food or water, or in extremely hot conditions. ^> People v. Sanchez (2001) 94 Cal.App.4th 622.

 

California leads the nation by enacting the strictest laws punishing abuse of, cruelty towards or neglect of animals. These laws protect domesticated pets, stray animals, wild animals and farmed animals. 

1) Title 14. MALICIOUS MISCHIEF - California Penal Code Section 597:(b) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (a) or (c), every person who overdrives, overloads, drives when overloaded, overworks, tortures, torments, deprives of necessary sustenance, drink, or shelter, cruelly beats, mutilates, or cruelly kills any animal, or causes or procures any animal to be so over driven, overloaded, driven when overloaded, overworked, tortured, tormented, deprived of necessary sustenance, drink, shelter, or to be cruelly beaten, mutilated, or cruelly killed; and whoever, having the charge or custody of any animal, either as owner or otherwise, subjects any animal to needless suffering, or inflicts unnecessary cruelty upon the animal, or in any manner abuses any animal, or fails to provide the animal with proper food, drink, or shelter or protection from the weather, or who drives, rides, or otherwise uses the animal when unfit for labor, is, for each offense, guilty of a crime punishable pursuant to subdivision (d). > Go to: http://law.onecle.com/california/penal/597.html

2) ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT | REGULATIONS AND POLICIES | DEFINITION OF "HARM"
[Federal Register: November 8, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 215)]
[Rules and Regulations] [Page 60727-60731]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr08no99-20] [[Page 60727]]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 222 [Docket No. 980414094-9287-02; I.D. No. 091797A] RIN 0648-AK55
Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Definition of ``Harm''
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule.
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SUMMARY: This final rule defines the term "harm", which is contained in the definition of "take" in the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The purpose of this rulemaking is to clarify the type of actions that may result in a take of a listed species under the ESA. This final rule is not a change in existing law. It provides clear notification to the public that habitat modification or degradation may harm listed species and, therefore, constitutes a take under the ESA as well as ensuring consistency between NMFS and the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). This final rule defines the term "harm" to include any act which actually kills or injures fish or wildlife, and emphasizes that such acts may include significant habitat modification or degradation that significantly impairs essential behavioral patterns of fish or wildlife. > Go to: http://www.fws.gov/endangered/laws-policies/definition-of-harm.html

3) CODE OF BIRDING ETHICS -- Promoting the welfare of birds and their environment. (b) To avoid stressing birds or exposing them to danger, exercise restraint and caution during observation, photography, sound recording, or filming. > Go to: http://www.naturephotographers.net/ethics.html

Legal Defenses -- Animal abuse has always been a socially relevant issue. This is partly because: 1) animals are often unable to defend themselves and therefore must be given special protection, and; 2) partly because there are many studies suggest that those who abuse animals are likely to commit other criminal acts as well.  

SEE ALSO: WILDLIFE HARASSMENT @ http://www.examiner.com/topic/wildlife-harassment

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