WALES should follow England's example and introduce tougher jail sentences for animal cruelty offences, the Welsh Conservatives have said.
Speaking in the Senedd this week the group's leader Andrew RT Davies said the Welsh Government should follow England an increase the maximum sentence for animal cruelty from six months to five years.
Addressing first minister Carwyn Jones, Mr Davies said: "The legislation and the sanctions do not meet, or are not fit for purpose, the crimes that many people are perpetrating when the complaints are investigated.
"Will your government commit to revising the sanctions that are available to the courts here in Wales so that they fit the crimes that are being reported to them?"
Mr Jones replied he would keep the issue was "under consideration".
He said: "We want to make sure that the penalties are appropriate to the crimes, and we’ll keep under review whether those penalties are appropriate now."
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