To: The Tennessee State Senate
Arya's Law
Provide protection for our pets from exposure to fireworks in residential settings and to further consequences for those who would steal pets from loving homes.
Why is this important?
Our family dog, Arya went missing from our property on 4/21/18 after neighbors threw a party and set off illegal fireworks. We lost sight of her after she ran towards the party guests. In a matter of moments, she was gone. We asked for help from the neighbors by giving us the list of party guests to gather information. They refused to help us. It was later reported one of the guests took our beloved dog. In addition, law enforcement refused to even write a citation for the fireworks, which are illegal in our area.
Upon doing research in our search for Arya I have discovered animals have little to no rights when it comes to being placed in harm's way. Fireworks in a residential setting place our family pets in harm's way as evidenced by our own situation in which my two-year-old horse was injured trying to get away from the noise. She ended up putting her leg through our fence and injuring a tendon. Further evidenced by the loss of our dog, I also learned in cases of theft of an animal there are very few consequences and certainly not severe consequences. Please help my family and I get this message to our State officials in order to increase animal protection and theft laws in our area.
Upon doing research in our search for Arya I have discovered animals have little to no rights when it comes to being placed in harm's way. Fireworks in a residential setting place our family pets in harm's way as evidenced by our own situation in which my two-year-old horse was injured trying to get away from the noise. She ended up putting her leg through our fence and injuring a tendon. Further evidenced by the loss of our dog, I also learned in cases of theft of an animal there are very few consequences and certainly not severe consequences. Please help my family and I get this message to our State officials in order to increase animal protection and theft laws in our area.