Oxford theologian calls for national animal cruelty offenders’ register

September 27, 2012
Independent Catholic News

A call for a national animal cruelty offenders’ register will be made by Professor Andrew Linzey, a theologian at Oxford University and the director of the Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics, in an address at St Albans Cathedral on Sunday 30 September.

The Animal Offenders’ register is recommended, along with compulsory empathy training, as a ‘two stage approach based on Christian principles of repentance and compassion’ in response to the many thousands of animal cruelty cases each year.