Backstrom

Former Dakota County Attorney Jim Backstrom testifies before the public safety committee March 15 in support of a bill sponsored by Rep. Matt Norris, right, that would establish an Office of Animal Protection.

Criminologists have long demonstrated a link between cruelty toward animals and cruelty toward humans.

Rep. Matt Norris, DFL-Blaine, elaborated on that connection Friday, March 15, while presenting his bill to establish the Office of Animal Protection within the Department of Public Safety.

  

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