ANIMAL GOOD NEWS

On Wednesday (7/30), the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed S. 269, legislation to ban interstate commerce in tiger, lions, and other big cats for the exotic "pet" trade. This action follows approval of the companion bill, H.R. 1006, by the House Resources Committee on 7/15. The bills are now ready to be voted on by the full Senate and House. Credit for this week’s good news in the push to stop the suffering of exotic pets goes primarily to Senators James Jeffords James Jeffords (I-VT) and John Ensign John Ensign (R-NV), who introduced the legislation, and to Chairman James Inhofe Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), who moved the legislation through his committee.

Says Senator Ensign, ""I look forward to seeing this bill signed into law, for the health and safety of exotic animals like tigers, leopards, and lions, and for the people who try to keep them as pets. Preventing the interstate transportation of such animals will, hopefully, end the practice once and for all."

For more info on this legislation, see: http://www.hsus.org/ace/14793.

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