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Animal welfare laws to be bolstered to improve cruelty case prosecutions in SA

A case of animal cruelty in which a cat was shot with an arrow was not prosecuted partly because of shortcomings with South Australia's pet protection laws, the RSPCA says.

The RSPCA and the SA government today launched a review of South Australia's legislation — described by the watchdog as the worst in the nation — to examine ways of removing barriers to prosecution.

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