A big cat in captivity.
Today, Animal Wellness Action applauded Reps. Mike Quigley and Brian Fitzpatrick for reintroducing the Big Cat Public Safety Act.
Big cats are amazing, but best viewed at a distance in the wild or through a sound barrier at an accredited zoo.” Wayne Pacelle
WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, January 11, 2021 /EINPresswire.com/ Today, Animal Wellness Action and its affiliates applauded U.S. Representatives Mike Quigley, D-Ill. and Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Penn., for reintroducing the Big Cat Public Safety Act about one month after the House passed the measure by a commanding vote of 272 to 114 and putting it on a path toward enactment. Quigley and Fitzpatrick were joined by Reps. Chuy Garcia, D-Ill., Mike Waltz, R-Fla., Jerry McNerney, D-Calif., Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., Earl Blumenauer, D-Oregon, and Steve Womack, R-Ark., as original cosponsors.
Born Free USA applauds yesterday’s reintroduction of the Big Cat Public Safety Act (H.R. 263) in the U.S. House of Representatives. Reintroduced by Representatives Mike Quigley (D-IL) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), this bill would ban the private possession of big cat species, with exemptions for zoos, universities, and bona fide sanctuaries. The bill also bans direct public contact with big cats, removing a strong incentive to breed big cats unchecked for profit. In December 2020, this important legislation passed in the U.S. House of Representatives, but was not taken up by the Senate before the end of the 116th Congress. Born Free USA calls on the newly gaveled-in 117th Congress to quickly pass the reintroduced bill.
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