California: Anti-Wildlife Cruelty Bill Moves to Senate

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http://www.independent.com/news/2013/apr/27/das-williams-anti-wildlife-cruelty-bill-moves-sena/

Das Williams’ Anti-Wildlife Cruelty Bill Moves to Senate


California Assemblyman Das Williams’ Assembly Bill 789, which would regulate cruel practices used by the nuisance wildlife trapping industry, received overwhelming support from the Assembly and now moves to the Senate for a vote.

The Assembly voted 76-0-3 to support the bill, designed to protect California wildlife from egregious cruelty.

“It is our shared responsibility to avoid the cruel and inhumane killing of our wildlife,” Assemblyman Williams said. “It is incumbent upon us as compassionate people to treat all wildlife, whether considered nuisance or not, humanely.”

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The bill includes important provisions aimed at protecting domestic pets from being inadvertently killed in Conibear kill traps and outlaws the most heinous methods of animal killing, such as drowning, chest crushing, and injection with toxic chemicals such as nail polish remover.

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1. It is a shame we need a bill like this in the first place.

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2. sure is

and this is just California, still a long way to go..