Guest guest Posted June 15, 2006 Report Share Posted June 15, 2006 RSPCA, police to share data The Australian Simon Kearney June 15, 2006 THE RSPCA and Australia's police services want greater intelligence sharing between animal welfare and law enforcement agencies to create an early warning system on perpetrators of violent crime. The call comes as the first person to be prosecuted under NSW's tough new animal cruelty penalties - " Shelley's Law " - will be sentenced today and faces a possible five-year jail term. RSPCA national president Hugh Wirth said studies had shown a link between violent acts against animals and violence towards humans. NSW Police has put in place an intelligence-sharing relationship with the RSPCA that means everyone charged with animal cruelty will be fingerprinted and put on the police database. NSW RSPCA prosecution details have also been put on the database to help detectives know of previous offences against animals. RSPCA inspectors will be able to access police databases. Stephen Joseph Clancy, who has pleaded guilty to serious animal cruelty, will be sentenced in Sydney's Mt Druitt Local Court this morning. The charge relates to the torture of a kitten. Shelley's Law was created in NSW after a spate of animal cruelty cases including the torture of a kitten, Shelley, by three teenagers who ran over it with bikes and threw it onto railway tracks. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19475981-2702,00.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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