Make sure the law really bites


WITH the recent spate of incidents involving animal abuse, it is timely that a new law has been drafted to add more bite to the fight against such inhumane behaviour.

The increase in the fines and jail terms that has been proposed in the Animal Welfare Bill deserves the full support of lawmakers when it is tabled in Parliament at the next session.

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