Associated video: FHP trooper saves canine left tied to pole on I-75 earlier than Hurricane Milton
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — A invoice was filed on Thursday that was impressed by a dog who was abandoned alongside I-75 throughout Hurricane Milton.
Trooper, the canine, was discovered by Florida Freeway Patrol whereas hurricane evacuations had been in impact.
He was found tied to a fence in water as much as his chest, having been left for useless.
The Invoice, coined “Trooper’s Legislation,” would additional penalize those that abandon or neglect a canine that’s restrained throughout a pure catastrophe.
In keeping with a duplicate of the invoice, confining any animal with out ample water, meals, or preserving them restrained with out correct train is taken into account a misdemeanor.
This act can be punishable with jail time, a effective of as much as $5,000, or in some circumstances each.
The invoice would additionally make it that any one who abandons a restrained canine outdoors throughout a pure catastrophe commits a third-degree felony. This act is punishable by jail time, a effective of as much as $10,000, or each.
If handed by each chambers of the Florida Legislature and signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis, the invoice would take impact on Oct 1, 2025.
