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Existing Bills ARIZONA HAWAII MASSACHUSETTS MA HD 2591 https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/HD2591 Allows authorities to immediately remove an animal in an emergency situation from the animal’s present location in order to take custody of the animal if they believe that the animal is injured or in imminent danger of physical harm. MA SD 1450 https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/SD1450 Prohibits the harassment of animals.Establishes responsibilities for animals' guardians. Requires any business representing itself as an animal protective entity – whether sanctuary, rescue, boarding/training/pet-sitting, or animal society - to be subject to quarterly inspections or records review. Also prohibits animal fights and any person who captures, breeds, cages, transports or sells any animal to a person or commercial entity for the purpose of exhibition, entertainment, curiosity, or dismemberment. Defines terms such as animal torture and establishes cruelty offenses.
MICHIGAN MONTANA NEW JERSEY NJ S 581 https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/S3989 Establishes offense of reckless trespass involving a wild animal if the person enters a cage, enclosure, or other area where a wild or zoo animal is housed or otherwise contained and intentionally or unintentionally harasses the wild animal, or is attacked by the wild animal. NJ S 3989 https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2024/S3989 Expands list of animals prohibited from use in traveling animal acts; limits certain exceptions to apply only at educational institutions.
NEW YORK VIRGINIA VA SB 1125 https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1125 Prohibits propagation of wildlife without a permit, as well as premature separation of young wildlife and hybridization of species. AZA is identified as a resource and authority on separation practices and AZA facilities are exempt from the prohibition of hybridization. Passed by Subcommittee. Pending in full Committee. VA HB 1768 https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB1768 Prohibits the possession, sale, transfer, or breeding of nonhuman primates. Contains exemptions for certain institutions, including federal Class C exhibitors, although that exemption has conditions attached to it. None of those conditions are attached to any of the other exempt facilities. Failed in subcommittee.
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FEDERAL REGULATORY DEVELOPMENTS USDA/APHIS On January 10, 2025 the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) posted its FY2024 enforcement activity summary data, which provides information about enforcement efforts in the areas of biotechnology, agricultural quarantine inspection, animal and plant health, and animal welfare and horse protection. https://www.aphis.usda.gov/mission/enforcement-summaries |
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