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Ron DeSantis: “We've enhanced criminal penalties for interfering with…”

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Governor DeSantis Signs Animal Welfare and Pet Owner Protection Bills

Published | Video Starts at 01:02

They were having problems with that, so we fixed that. We've increased penalties for harming law enforcement, search and rescue and fire support animals, and We've enhanced criminal penalties for interfering with working animals, assisting our first responders. We passed troopers law to increase penalties for abandoning animals during a natural disaster. We had some guy tie up this dog during Hurricane Milton and the water was rising on this poor thing. (01:02–01:08)

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