A Department of Justice spokesman Tuesday said federal officials have a pair of new efforts to crack down on animal abuse that violates federal law: a $5,000 reward and a tip line to help people report crimes.
The reward is for “information leading to the successful prosecution of criminals who violate the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act, a federal law that carries penalties of up to seven years in prison,” according to a news release shared Tuesday by Ciaran McEvoy, spokesman for the Central District of California.
“The federal jurisdiction is anything over state lines, anything with impact on interstate commerce, anything that is on federal territory, like national parks, national monuments … that fall under the federal government,” McEvoy said in a phone interview Tuesday…