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Bill: Animal Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: One Nation Party
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: September 2429
Description[?]:
| One Nation proposes the following changes to the handling and settlement of Endangered and Exotic Animals in the aim of reducing the risk of wiping out Animals and exotic creatures registered as Endangered Species. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.
Old value:: Everyone may keep endangered animals, but the trade in, and the ownership of, endangered animals is strictly regulated by the government to prevent their extinction in the wild.
Current: Keeping endangered animals, or trading therein, is forbidden.
Proposed: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals.
Old value:: Everyone may keep exotic animals, but the trade in exotic animals is regulated by the government.
Current: Keeping exotic animals is forbidden.
Proposed: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 14:56:54, July 12, 2007 CET | From | One Nation Party | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | Futher in support of this bill - One Nation believes that if this bill is passed, it will bring greater economic benefit to Aloria as it creates more opportunities for Zoo's to be open therefore creating employment. |
| Date | 02:01:06, July 13, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | This will keep the common man from pursuing knowledge in this field. We oppose. |
| Date | 10:10:05, July 13, 2007 CET | From | One Nation Party | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | The common man has no purpose in gaining knowledge in this field - what economic and social purpose are you talking about? |
| Date | 18:06:32, July 13, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | The common man should be able to do as he pleases in gaining knowledge. It is none of the government's business in telling a person what knowledge they can or cannot pursue. |
| Date | 19:46:18, July 13, 2007 CET | From |  Moderate Libertarian Party (NoCoalition) | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | This bill is, yet again, more government interference in the lives of responsible citizens. Legislation like this treats law-abiding people like criminals. |
| Date | 13:22:17, July 14, 2007 CET | From | One Nation Party | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | What a load of rot - Endangered Species need protection more than what man needs to learn - we need to conserve endangered species - they need to be in an environment where it is safe - not in mans home. Man is well known to cause destruction and mayhem - this is pure lunacy. You both have blood on your hands causing the mass destruction of Endangered Species. |
| Date | 00:14:13, July 16, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | It's STRICTLY REGULATED to prevent extinction, and animals aren't as important as people to begin with. We are taking appropriate measures to protect them, but you want to take away rights. |
| Date | 02:25:11, July 16, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | One Nation, I support the underlying value of protecting endangered and exotic species. But it isn't clear to me why your proposal protects endangered species better than the current policy. I'm open to your position, but I need to know what your empirical basis is. Under current law, zoos are permitted to protect endangered and exotic species. And private citizens may help too. Why is it better to restrict the protection of endangered and exotic species to zoos? |
| Date | 04:25:27, July 16, 2007 CET | From | Industrialist Party of Aloria | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | That's our whole point. |
| Date | 12:34:15, July 16, 2007 CET | From | One Nation Party | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | The CP state Animals aren't as important as Humans, why do you say that? Animals have every right to be protected and treated with dignity - probably more so than Humans. To the Democratic Rationalists - Zoo's have highly trained professionals who know what they are doing - Joe Blow isnt. Unless Joe Blow is a vet, or an Animal Crusader - however generally speaking people have lives, under this capitalist regime - people must go to work, and rightly so, they do not have time to look after endangered species. The Constitution Party state the current laws prevent extinction how? Please explain? One Nation fails to comprehend how this can be when people must go to work, seeing that the current status quo has eroded our welfare system. |
| Date | 16:08:57, July 16, 2007 CET | From | Democratic Rationalists (PrCoa) | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | One Nation Party, I respect your position, and I support the protection of endangered species. In addition to the inherent value of all life, the scientific fact is that biological diversity is crucial to the long term health and happiness of all Alorians. The Democratic Rationalists have yet to hold any seats in Aloria's great Senate, so our vote is purely symbolic. However, I find myself unpersuaded that your proposed bill will protect endangered wildlife any better than the current regime. Therefore, the Democratic Rationalists must cast our purely symbolic vote against this bill. |
| Date | 18:53:46, July 16, 2007 CET | From | One Nation Party | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | Democratic Rationalists and those who oppose this legislation, What cant you see? It is clear that many Alorians are working on a daily basis - where do they keep these beloved endangered species? At home? in a shelter? This is pure neglect - they require professional care not some back yard animal crusader. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 186 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 120 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 266 |
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