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Bill: Wild Animals as Pets reform
Details
Submitted by[?]: Bündnis 89 / Die Faulenzer
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: December 2395
Description[?]:
| Certain animals deserve the right to live free in the wild. Others, throughout history, have been domesticated by citizens of this Republic. The government has the responsibility to determine which animals would be too dangerous to keep as pets, and to protect their rights to live in the wild. At the same time, the government should respect pet ownership rights. This bill is a compromise: It protects both animal rights and pet ownership rights. Be it resolved that the Volkskammer change its wild animal policy to bring it in line with endangered and exotic animal policies. Most wild animals will be left in the wild, protected by the federal government. The government will create a list of animals, should private citizens wish to keep wild animals on their property, which will be allowed to live as pets. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: Wild animals may be kept as pets; the owners of dangerous wild animals must take the necessary measures to ensure they can't escape.
Current: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Proposed: The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:41:01, April 24, 2007 CET | From | Bündnis 89 / Die Faulenzer | To | Debating the Wild Animals as Pets reform |
| Message | Wild animals as pets pose a danger to their owners and communities where they might be kept as pets. It is also unfair to the animals to take them out of their natural habitats to live in a residential area. Owners of wild animals may also not be well-informed as to how to care for wild animals. 1) Let wild animals live in their natural environment 2) In some instances, allow wild animals to live in zoos where their natural surroundings can be recreated and the care they require can be provided by veterinarians and other zoological professionals 3) Forbid common citizens from owning wild animals for the reasons mentioned above |
| Date | 19:35:59, April 24, 2007 CET | From | Vereinigte Bürgerschaft Dundorfs | To | Debating the Wild Animals as Pets reform |
| Message | Again we are opposed to this piece of legislation because the VBD finds this in contrast with our cultural inheritance. What about breaking wild horses or taming wild cats and dogs. Are you forbidding that as well ? Unmentionable ! |
| Date | 19:41:20, April 24, 2007 CET | From | Bündnis 89 / Die Faulenzer | To | Debating the Wild Animals as Pets reform |
| Message | At that point, those animals are domesticated and are available for residents to keep as pets. But I would hope that nobody would want to keep a tiger or wolf in a residential neighborhood. Protect the rights of animals to roam free in their natural environment. |
| Date | 19:11:47, April 25, 2007 CET | From | Vereinigte Bürgerschaft Dundorfs | To | Debating the Wild Animals as Pets reform |
| Message | We would like to propose the following as a compromise: "The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets". |
| Date | 02:11:50, April 26, 2007 CET | From | Bündnis 89 / Die Faulenzer | To | Debating the Wild Animals as Pets reform |
| Message | I think that compromise could be negotiated. That will be reflected in the new wording of the bill. We thank the VBD for their spirited debate and continued input. |
| Date | 06:53:54, April 26, 2007 CET | From | Vereinigte Bürgerschaft Dundorfs | To | Debating the Wild Animals as Pets reform |
| Message | Agreed. |
| Date | 20:00:21, April 26, 2007 CET | From | Bündnis 89 / Die Faulenzer | To | Debating the Wild Animals as Pets reform |
| Message | We intend to move this proposal to the floor for a vote in April or May of this year. Until then, any further debate is welcomed and encouraged. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 415 | ||||||
| no | Total Seats: 0 | ||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 85 |
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