{"id":231763,"date":"2026-06-30T12:38:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/231763\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T12:38:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T12:38:08","slug":"bill-to-be-introduced-to-fortify-pennsylvania-wildlife-protection-from-animal-cruelty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/231763\/","title":{"rendered":"Bill to be introduced to fortify Pennsylvania wildlife protection from animal cruelty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 A Pennsylvania Senator announced she plans to introduce a bill that will strengthen wildlife protections from acts of animal cruelty, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.palegis.us\/senate\/co-sponsorship\/memo?memoID=48950\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according to a legal memo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Lisa Boscola (D-18) plans to introduce a bill that will allow the Pennsylvania Game Commission (PGC) to revoke or deny hunting licenses for individuals who engage in the &#8220;torture or cruel treatment of wildlife&#8221; or who have been convicted of animal cruelty. <\/p>\n<p>In the memo, Boscola reflected on a viral video from several years ago showing a pair of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pa.gov\/agencies\/pgc\/newsroom\/deer-abuse-charges-filed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pennsylvania teenagers shooting a deer<\/a> before stomping on its legs, kicking it, and ripping off one of its antlers.<\/p>\n<p>The footage drew the ire of several, leading to charges being filed in 2020. As a result, a gap in the law was exposed as it stands, according to Boscola. Currently, the PGC does not have the authority to revoke or deny hunting licenses on the following grounds. <\/p>\n<p>The overwhelming majority of Pennsylvania hunters are responsible, ethical sportsmen who have no desire to share the field with individuals who behave as depicted in that video.<\/p>\n<p>Boscola said the goal is to ensure the PGC does not have to allow that type of conduct in the sport field.<\/p>\n<p>She urged her colleagues to join her in this effort, claiming lawmakers have a responsibility to ensure Pennsylvania&#8217;s wildlife are humanely treated and those who fail to do so will face meaningful consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>The bill has not yet been submitted for introduction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PENNSYLVANIA (WHP) \u2014 A Pennsylvania Senator announced she plans to introduce a bill that will strengthen wildlife protections&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-231763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}