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Bill: Wildlife Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Green Party
Status[?]: defeated
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: October 2438
Description[?]:
| moderate safeguards against over-fishing and hunting, and the trade and keeping of endangered animals, and the trade of exotic animals. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.
Old value:: Everyone may keep endangered animals, without any restrictions whatsoever.
Current: Local governments decide about this.
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, the trade in exotic animals is unregulated.
Current: Local governments decide about this.
Proposed: Everyone may keep exotic animals, but the trade in exotic animals is regulated by the government.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: There are no limits on the amount of fish that may be caught.
Current: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Proposed: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: Hunting and fishing is not regulated.
Current: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Proposed: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: All wild animals may be kept as pets, without any restrictions or precautions whatsoever.
Current: This matter is left up to the local governments.
Proposed: Wild animals may be kept as pets; the owners of dangerous wild animals must take the necessary measures to ensure they can't escape.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 21:34:31, August 02, 2007 CET | From |  Green Party | To | Debating the Wildlife Protection Act |
| Message | ouch |
| Date | 22:33:04, August 03, 2007 CET | From | Union for Social Justice | To | Debating the Wildlife Protection Act |
| Message | We could support article 5 but not the rest of this bill |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 18 | |||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 396 | |||||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 11 |
| Random fact: It is forbidden to impersonate a player or Moderator. |
| Random quote: "The sun, the moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago had they happened to be within the reach of predatory human hands." - Havelock Ellis |