I get asked reasonably frequently how often a service dog is hurt or killed. The fact of the matter is that a lot of police officers don't lay the cruelty to animal charge, because it's ridiculous. There are a lot of other charges that are laid. There's a belief that not very much is going to happen. They might get a little fine for the animal cruelty charge, or based on a plea bargain, that is going to be the first charge that goes out the door. It will be gone.
There's less emphasis put on the role of the dog and what occurs to the dog than there is on what occurs to a human or in a loss of property, etc., so it's one of the first ones to be dealt away. It's not laid with great consistency because I don't think officers have a strong belief in the punishment component of a cruelty to animal charge. We don't track it. Whereas if we had legislation like this, where it's specific to law enforcement, give me a few years and I'll be able to give you some extremely accurate numbers. You'll have access to those numbers as well, I would expect.