Ohio Supreme Court that all cats and dogs, even strays, are protected by Ohio's felony level companion animal cruelty law.
Attorney Jessie Hill, representing the ACLU of Ohio, addresses the Ohio Supreme Court on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. The justices in the picture, from left: Justices Michael P. Donnelly and Patrick Fisher and Chief Justice Sharon Kennedy. In a unanimous opinion, the court ruled that Ohio’s enhanced animal cruelty law for “companion animals” applies to all cats and dogs, even those not under domain of any owner.
Alonzo Kyles, 37, told officers he feared the cat and couldn’t get it to leave the building. So he poured bleach – a toxic substance for pets – out of his door, down some steps, and into the basement hallway to scare it off. Ohio law defines a companion animal as an animal “that is kept inside a residential dwelling and any dog or cat regardless of where it is kept, including a pet store.” The law is, as the justices put it, “no model of clarity.”
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