AB 381

This bill changes Nevada laws regarding animals, primarily focusing on how animals are handled when they’re treated cruelly. It removes a previous provision allowing courts to order animals to be sold at auction. The bill increases penalties for animal cruelty, particularly for willful and malicious acts causing death or involving threats, raising the charges to a Category B felony with a minimum one-year prison sentence. It also clarifies rules around animal abandonment and addresses the handling of police animals, increasing penalties for their injury or death.