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Council Committee to Hold Animal Abuse Hearing
The hearings come a few months after the Mayor's Anti-Animal Abuse Commission was critical of the city's efforts to address the issue.
A Baltimore City Council committee will look at the progress made in fighting animal cruelty, after a commission was critical of the city’s efforts to address the issue.
The Health Committee is scheduled to hold a hearing at 5 p.m., Wednesday at City Hall.
The hearing comes about two months after members of the Mayor’s Anti-Animal Abuse Advisory Commission released a report critical of the city’s efforts to address the issue, and after two commission members resigned out of frustration with the city’s efforts to confront the problem, according to WBAL-TV.
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Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake formed the commission in 2009 after a pit bull named Phoenix died after being set on fire in the city.
In September of 2011, the city launched an anti-abuse campaign featuring local sports figures such as former Raven Jarrett Johnson, Baltimore Orioles center fielder Adam Jones and mixed martial arts fighter John Rallo. The add campaign featured the slogan "only punks hurt animals."
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