President Trump Signs Bill Making Animal Cruelty, Abuse a Federal Felony

President Donald Trump displays the Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture Act after signing it during a ceremony in the Oval Office of the White House, on Nov. 25, 2019. Patrick Semansky/AP Photo

President Donald Trump signed a bipartisan bill into law on Nov. 25 that makes animal cruelty a federal felony.

The law, Prevent Animal Cruelty and Torture (PACT) Act, would allow federal authorities to prosecute people engaged in a heinous form of animal abuse known as “crushing,” where individuals maim and torture animals.