Citizens in Charge

A group of concerned citizens plans on submitting language for a ballot measure within the next two weeks that if passed would strengthen North Dakota’s animal cruelty law.
 
Mandan resident Alison Smith, one of the proponents of the measure, said the initiative would increase the penalty for animal cruelty in North Dakota from a Class A misdemeanor to a Class C felony.
 
“The animal cruelty laws are some of the weakest in the nation. We thought we would take this issue directly to the people of North Dakota,” Smith said.

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