MARION COUNTY, Fla. —An effort is underway to create a statewide registry of animal abusers, and it’s being championed by a woman in Marion County who led the push for a countywide abuser registry named after the pup she adopted.
Molly, a dog who was found severely beaten and stabbed, would later be adopted by SPCA of Ocala President Lilly Baron.
“It was just a feeling of this dog’s meant for me,” Baron said.
After she adopted Molly, Baron took her on tour to various community events to share her story of the impact animal abuse can have.
“I was so angry about what had happened to her,” she said. “I decided that that should never happen to any animal again. So I decided I was going to educate the public about animal abusers, animal abuse, what it can do to the animal, what it does to the public, the whole realm.”
The effort proved successful on the county level, spurring the community to rally behind what is now known as “Molly’s Law,” Marion County’s own database of known and convicted abusers.
It was just a matter of time before they started creating more registries. My pups are my world so I suppose this one is a good place to start. If it saves just one dog 😁
The article mentioned law enforcement and those who work with animals accessing it but I wonder if it will be available to the public? It doesn’t specifically mention that but it said it would be operated in the same way as the PFR database.
“The effort proved successful on the county level, spurring the community to rally behind what is now known as “Molly’s Law,”
what proof? Show me proof! Maybe a drunk driver registry then?!?! Then all bartenders can not serve registered drunk drivers?!? That would cure all drunk driving….. right???😂😂