Currently, any person who has been convicted of animal abuse or neglect can walk into any animal control facility and adopt an animal because there are no checks in place to prevent this. This can be avoided if animal control personnel look up each applicant on the Missouri Casenet website. Using an applicant's full name and date of birth, a quick search can be done to see if the applicant has any animal abuse convictions within the state of Missouri. Completing this quick and easy task will help ensure that animals do not fall into the hands of abusers.