Three Storting MPs—Julie E. Stuestøl, Frøya Skjold Sjursæther, and Une Bastholm—have proposed increasing the maximum sentence for animal cruelty. The proposers argue that the current three-year ceiling fails to match the gravity of the most severe cases involving systematic animal abuse, and that law enforcement agencies like the Environmental Crimes Unit have previously called for stiffer sentences.
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The Storting calls on the government to propose raising the maximum sentence for serious animal cruelty to six years.
The Storting calls on the government to propose raising the maximum sentence for ordinary animal cruelty to two years.
The Storting calls on the government to propose amending the animal welfare act to make negligent violations of the law subject to criminal penalties.