Those caring for victims of animal cruelty received a large support to their work to appropriately care for the animals in their possession seized from animal cruelty cases with the Costs of Care of Seized Animals Act, 18 P.S. Section 30.1 (2013) (hereinafter Costs of Care Act). As we approach a decade of the law in practice, lessons have been learned as to how effectively use this tool to keep perpetrators of animal abuse responsible for the costs of their actions.