Pet abusers to face stiffer penalty, including jail

PETALING JAYA: Pet abusers, be warned! You may find yourselves confined in a 'kennel' of a different kind - the prison - under a proposed amendment to the existing Animal Act 1953 (Revised 2006).

This is the penalty which awaits pet abusers under the proposal, said Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Deputy Minister Datuk Chua Tee Yong, adding that they could also be slapped with a higher penalty.