Now It’s Law in the US: Don’t Be Cruel to Animals!

Engaging in cruelty to animals is finally illegal in the United States: President Donald Trump has signed the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act into law, making animal crushing a nationwide felony.

“I am pleased to sign the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act into law,” said trump during the ceremony aired on C-SPAN. “It is important that we combat these heinous and sadistic acts of cruelty, which are totally unacceptable in a civilized society.”

The pact was introduced earlier this year and recently passed in both the house and the Senate. Now that Trump has signed the PACT Act, anyone violating the new law could be prosecuted, fined and jailed for up to seven years.

“In one stroke of the pen, the president has done more to protect animals and stop animal cruelty in American than anyone in history,” remarked one of the attendees at the ceremony.