How to Use anti-cruelty in a Sentence

anti-cruelty

adjective
  • The key legal requirement is that any removal must be done humanely, in compliance with anti-cruelty law.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Nile monitors are not native to Florida and are not protected in the state except by anti-cruelty law, per the FWC.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Mar. 2026
  • These and other developments make this a moment of reckoning for lawmakers and wildlife officials who have repeatedly resisted outlawing vehicular killing of wildlife, or who have shied away from strengthening anti-cruelty laws.
    — Wendy Keefover, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026
  • According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, these snakes are protected only by anti-cruelty laws and may be humanely killed.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 11 June 2026
  • The Nile monitor is not native to Florida and is not protected in the state except by anti-cruelty law, per the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC).
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 13 Mar. 2026

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