About this bill
MPs push for tougher penalties on animal cruelty
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.