{"id":37030,"date":"2026-05-12T12:05:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/?p=37030"},"modified":"2026-05-12T12:06:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T17:06:58","slug":"iowa-makes-animal-torture-a-felony-on-first-offense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/es\/iowa-makes-animal-torture-a-felony-on-first-offense\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa convierte la tortura animal en delito grave desde la primera ofensa"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"holaa-3803019818\" class=\"holaa-before-content holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/events\/2025-26\/broadway\/wicked?utm_source=HolaIowa&#038;utm_medium=DigitalAds&#038;utm_campaign=July26\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"728&#215;90\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/728x90.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/728x90.jpg 728w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/728x90-300x37.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/728x90-696x86.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/><p><b>Por <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/iowacapitaldispatch.com\/author\/ropshal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>Robin Opsahl<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/iowacapitaldispatch.com\/2026\/05\/11\/gov-kim-reynolds-signs-law-making-animal-torture-a-felony-on-first-offense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Iowa Capital Dispatch<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La gobernadora Kim Reynolds firma ley que convierte la tortura animal en delito grave desde la primera ofensa<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La tortura de un animal de compa\u00f1\u00eda ser\u00e1 procesada como delito grave en Iowa bajo una medida promulgada el lunes por la gobernadora Kim Reynolds.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-2729515035\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles-2 holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aap.org\/en\/patient-care\/lead-exposure\/lead-exposure-in-children\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Web Ad July #1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-300x75.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-1024x256.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-768x192.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-1536x384.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-2048x512.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-696x174.jpg 696w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-1068x267.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Web-Ad-July-1-1920x480.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" width=\"600\" height=\"640\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reynolds, acompa\u00f1ada por legisladores y defensores de los animales, firm\u00f3 la <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legis.iowa.gov\/legislation\/BillBook?ba=HF%202348&amp;ga=91\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">House File 2348<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> en el refugio de Animal Rescue League of Iowa, en Des Moines. La ley establece un cargo de delito grave Clase D por tortura animal, definida como el acto de una persona que \u201cintencional, deliberada y maliciosamente mutila, quema, envenena, ahoga, mata de hambre o causa dolor intenso o prolongado, o la muerte, a un animal de compa\u00f1\u00eda, o proporciona algo de valor a otra persona para que haga lo mismo\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El cargo aumentar\u00eda a delito grave Clase C si la persona ya ha sido condenada por otros delitos relacionados con crueldad animal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La ley endurece la legislaci\u00f3n vigente en Iowa, que penaliza el abuso animal que causa lesiones como delito menor grave, y como delito menor agravado si el abuso provoca la muerte del animal. Con la firma de esta medida, Iowa <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.humaneworld.org\/en\/blog\/iowa-becomes-final-state-pass-animal-cruelty-law\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">se convirti\u00f3 en el estado n\u00famero 50<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> en tipificar la tortura animal como delito grave desde la primera ofensa.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEste ya es el est\u00e1ndar legal en el resto del pa\u00eds, y era de sentido com\u00fan adoptarlo aqu\u00ed en Iowa, porque esto no se trata solo de castigar\u201d, dijo Reynolds. \u201cSe trata de actuar contra la imposici\u00f3n intencional, deliberada y maliciosa de dolor o muerte prolongada a animales inocentes, actos horribles de violencia que son perversos por s\u00ed mismos y que adem\u00e1s est\u00e1n claramente vinculados con delitos violentos contra personas\u201d.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-3345802231\" class=\"holaa-ad-inside-articles holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/actionnetwork.org\/forms\/sign-up-for-progress-iowas-high-five\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"H5 Spanish 300 x 250 Progress Iowa\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/H5-Spanish-300-x-250-Progress-Iowa.png\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><br style=\"clear: both; display: block; float: none;\"\/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Entre los pol\u00edticos y defensores presentes en la firma de la ley estuvo Ember, una <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/arl-iowa.org\/she-had-multiple-injuries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cachorra rescatada por ARL en marzo<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> que, seg\u00fan Tom Colvin, CEO de Animal Rescue League of Iowa, fue v\u00edctima de abuso y tortura animal. Colvin mostr\u00f3 una foto de Ember cuando lleg\u00f3 por primera vez a ARL, a las ocho semanas de edad. La cachorra ten\u00eda la mand\u00edbula rota, una pata fracturada y una lesi\u00f3n grave en otra pata, adem\u00e1s de una lesi\u00f3n severa en un ojo, da\u00f1os que, seg\u00fan Colvin, \u201cpudimos determinar que ocurrieron por m\u00faltiples abusos, m\u00faltiples veces en que fue torturada\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ember, que ahora tiene cinco meses, se ha recuperado de sus lesiones. Colvin dijo que Ember \u201ctuvo la suerte de ser una sobreviviente de tortura animal, pero hay muchos otros que no lo logran\u201d, raz\u00f3n por la cual la medida deb\u00eda convertirse en ley.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-4248128436\" class=\"holaa-content holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesperformingarts.org\/whats-on\/events\/2025-26\/broadway\/wicked?utm_source=HolaIowa&#038;utm_medium=DigitalAds&#038;utm_campaign=July26\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"300&#215;250\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\"  width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colvin dijo que los defensores de los animales ven\u00edan trabajando en este tema desde 1996, y agradeci\u00f3 a quienes siguieron llevando el asunto al Capitolio estatal. Tambi\u00e9n agradeci\u00f3 a las fuerzas del orden por apoyar la medida y al representante federal Zach Nunn, quien ha trabajado en legislaci\u00f3n sobre crueldad animal a nivel federal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La representante Samantha Fett, republicana de Carlisle, quien lider\u00f3 el proyecto en la C\u00e1mara, dijo que la medida era \u201calgo que debi\u00f3 haberse hecho hace mucho tiempo\u201d y \u201clo correcto\u201d.<\/span><\/p><div id=\"holaa-2034537497\" class=\"holaa-after-content holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.auditor.iowa.gov\/about-us\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" aria-label=\"Davenport MBS26007_Spanish Fund for States Ads 300x250_F\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" 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100vw, 1250px\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCreo que es un compromiso con lo que Iowa representa, con nuestro car\u00e1cter, con querer proteger a nuestras mascotas\u201d, dijo Fett. \u201cNuestras mascotas est\u00e1n ah\u00ed como compa\u00f1\u00eda, consuelo, terapia, servicio, trabajo, y qu\u00e9 mejor manera de protegerlas que aprobando algo como esto\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>Mantente informado con historias que importan: visita <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/holaamericanews.com\/\"><b>HolaAmericaNews.com<\/b><\/a><b> para las \u00faltimas noticias, cultura y actualizaciones de la comunidad.<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"holaa-2034537497\" class=\"holaa-after-content holaa-entity-placement\" style=\"margin-top: 2px;margin-bottom: 2px;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><div class=\"holaa-adlabel\">Advertisements<\/div><a data-no-instant=\"1\" 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