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Threats can't target pets, legislators say

By Gordon Y.K. Pang

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Apr 22, 2012

~~<p>State lawmakers say they want to send a message that it is not OK to coerce people by threatening to harm their pets and livestock.</p>
<p>In a conference committee Friday, lawmakers agreed on the language making it clear that the definition of &quot;terroristic threatening&quot; includes a person's animals.</p>
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State lawmakers say they want to send a message that it is not OK to coerce people by threatening to harm their pets and livestock.

In a conference committee Friday, lawmakers agreed on the language making it clear that the definition of "terroristic threatening" includes a person's animals. Login for more...



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