Dear Assembly Member Nick Shultz,

In order to get more support for AB2344, the California Animal Abuse Registry Bill, I am asking you to publicly support the bill and to help pass it through to the Public Safety Committee. 

One problem in our society is the mistreatment of animals, specifically pets. I think animal abuse is an important issue to address because it impacts people's health by intensifying the feeling of power and enragement.  

Additionally, according to an article by the Animal Legal Defense Fund, when people abuse animals it doesn't stop with just animals, and in fact there is an established link between cruelty to animals and violence towards humans. This matters because there's got to be a major lack of empathy to hurt a defenseless creature which often ends up extending to humans later on in life. 

Therefore, in order to address the issue of animal abuse, I am demanding you to help pass AB2344 through to the Public Safety Committee. Passing AB2344 will help solve the problem of animal abuse because it will be easier to identify who is capable of abusing animals and we can prevent incapable people from owning pets in the future.