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Ron DeSantis: “We've increased penalties for harming law enforcement…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Signs Animal Welfare and Pet Owner Protection Bills

Published | Video Starts at 00:55

I mean, one, just authorizing emergency responders to transport and provide care to injured police carriers, canines. 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. (00:55–01:02)

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Asserts that penalties have been increased for harming certain working animals.

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