Romeo, a yellow lab dog in Kentucky, just may have a new state law named after him. After Kentucky lawmaker, Stan Lee, saw Romeo's owner abuse him blatantly on video, he introduced legislation to change animal abuse and cruelty to a felony status. This new law would also require the abusers to pay for the abused animal's veterinary care. Under the current Kentucky law, Romeo would have been given back to the owner that abused him. Right now, there has been more legislation for the protection of animals introduced in Kentucky's legislation than ever. This past Tuesday, Romeo himself appeared before the Kentucky legislators to fight against animal cruelty. Kentucky animal lovers are asking all animal lovers to contact the Kentucky legislators asking them to support Romeo's Law. I plan to do this myself. Since Kentucky is one of Tennessee's border states, the passage of this law might have an affect on Tennessee's animal cruelty laws. It's time we caught up with the rest of the surrounding states.

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