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Committee approves bill allowing livestock commission to impose civil penalties for equine malnutrition
Summary
The committee passed Senate Bill 563 to authorize the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission to impose civil penalties—up to $5,000 per violation—and to allow use of body condition scoring in equine cruelty cases.
Representative Bruce Cozart, R-District 91, introduced Senate Bill 563 and Department of Agriculture livestock staff explained the measure to the House Committee on Agriculture, Forestry & Economic Development.
Patrick Fisk, director of Livestock and Poultry for the Arkansas Department of Agriculture, told the committee the bill would authorize the Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission to impose civil penalties for certain acts of cruelty against equine animals and would permit a body condition score to be used as evidence in…
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