BLEATS

This group have started a petition for something worthwhile. Queensland has a high incidence animal cruelty basically resulting from a combination of a high moron quotient in the general population and magistrates in courts who consistently fail to apply the law when people are prosecuted for animal cruelty. Now somebody has decided to do something about it. It probably says a lot about the general morals of society that a group of lawyers are left to do something about a problem such as this, but now that they have, they need to be supported.

Anybody with views on this issue, or even anybody with a sense of morals, should go and sign the petition here. The Animal Care and Protection Act of 2001 provides Queensland with the harshest penalties for animal cruelty of any state in Australia, but the legal system continually fails to apply them. There are plenty of examples of it on the main page, and it's time it changed. Somebody needs to remind these so-called "judges" that their role is to apply the law -- they are not social workers trying to redeem the dregs of society.

Consequently, I implore anyone who reads this to sign the aforementioned petition, and to mention it on their own blog if they so desire. It's time to make something happen.