Seems pretty reasonable, animal cruelty which is essentially what it's aimed at is a ****ty thing and being able to threaten people with fines etc would be a good thing imo
And I can agree with that but there are loads of people who equate making a dog live outside as being cruelty. Granted the law is for leaving them outside in extreme heat and/or cold but who determines what that is exactly? This is what concerns people, and nosy neighbors etc.
I specifically think of our postal carrier who more than once has let our dog off when we had him tied down, which we don't have to do now that we moved but before he would follow the school bus to the school and/or try and get on the bus so we'd tie him up for a few hours, next to a dog house, under a porch with food , water etc and this mail carrier would let him off and act like we were harming him somehow.
There are laws against animal cruelty already they are just making them more specific I guess you could say.
I think the biggest problem with a lot of things like this is it comes down to government micromanaging peoples lives because more often than not the true offenders continue to offend and you waste a lot of money and time on petty cases where people try and white night reporting things that aren't a problem to begin with.
Perhaps, but I tend to be of the opinion that 99% of people are literal morons and require micro managing in order to make life bearable for the 1%.
I know what your saying but given that they used 'extreme' I would imagine it would be weather that could be proven or seen to be doing harm to an animal, for example shivering or excessive panting and desperately seeking shade etc... maybe it would also inc locking dogs in cars in a car park in the baking heat etc etc
idk the difficulty I could see would be in weather like snow, leaving a husky, for example in the snow wouldn't be in any way cruel but you could say it was an extreme temperature... but I would imagine things like that would be few and far between...
If my Postman unhooked my dog from the lead I would make a formal complaint and threaten legal action, he won't be so ****ing stupid again. Luckily my old postman only gave our dog treats (as we don't need to keep her tied down (one of the perks of having a Collie)).
>I can't really make any arguments comparing it to other laws etc as I'm not from the same country or culture etc so I can only offer my opinion sorta based around my own experiences of similar laws etc
