Recognise animals as sentient, increase penalties, and count each harmed animal.

Change UK law to recognise dogs/cats and all other animals as sentient, increase penalties for serious cruelty, and treat each harmed animal, alive or deceased, as a separate victim so sentences reflect the full scale of harm.

Dogs and cats are already considered sentient beings: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/animal-sentience-committee-impact-of-definitions-of-animals-in-law/animal-sentience-committee-welfare-implications-of-legislative-differences-in-the-definition-of-animals

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