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How dogs and cats can get their day in court

  • Written by Jessica Rubin, Assistant Clinical Professor of Law, University of Connecticut
imageAt least in Connecticut, legal advocates can now represent the interests of abused animals. Spillikin/Shutterstock.com

In 2016, the FBI started to track animal cruelty, including neglect, torture and sexual abuse, because of disturbing connections.

“If somebody is harming an animal, there is a good chance they also are hurting a human,”...

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