Now a crime for animal misuse to have pets in the Suffolk County

Animal conductor from Suffolk County will now be exposed to prison periods or steep fines if you continue to have pets, such a new law that has been signed last week – after a local cat house of the horrors had been discovered.

The district legislator voted to make class A offenses by convicted animal misuse, a crime that contains a penalties of up to one year in prison or a fine of $ 1,000.

“This calculation will protect animals, and that's why I sign them,” said Ed Romaine, Executive by Suffolk County, reporters in H. Lee Dennison building in Hauppauge last week.

“We are obliged to take care of our pets and animals,” said Romaine.

Suffolk already asked for convicted animal misuse to add their names and contact information to a register. It was the country's first county in 2010.

The Suffolk County police authority and the public prosecutor are responsible for maintaining the register, according to the district's website, in which 30 people are currently listed.

Perpetrators remain in the register for 10 years, unless they are convicted of another animal -related crime, in this case the clock is reset.

If you already had your name on the list, you could no longer have a pet – but so far there has been no real punishment to break this rule, said the legislator of Suffolk, Stephanie Bontempi, who had sponsored legislation.

“We closed the gap,” said Bontempi at the event.

Bontempi said reporters that the gap had come to the first time after a cyber attack from 2022 temporarily accepted the registration.

The new law was signed only a few days after about 100 dead cats, which were discovered in a Bohemia animal house of the horrors-with two dozen cats in the freezer and the remains of kittens in old cat fruits.

Suffolk County's Suffca, Roy Gross, said that he was “not excited” that the law was finally adopted after years of the struggle for stricter punishments.

“For the first time we actually have the authority to act against repeat offenders – our hands were bound beforehand,” he said to Newsday.

Legislation is the latest step in the district to run cruelty to animals.

In January, the district prosecutor of Suffolk, Ray Terney, “Operation Bloodhound” organized a joint effort between his office and the district's police squad to track down the accused, who have been accused of cruelty to animals or neglect, skipped the court or jumped against the deposit.

The latest initiative builds on the creation of the biological, environmental and animal safety team or the Beast unit introduced three years ago to ensure that animal consumption cases are pursued and that repeat offenders are held accountable.

“No animals abuse.” Said Romaine. “We will pursue them and follow them and we will protect our animals.”