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Bill: Freedom of Nature act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Secular Humanist 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: November 2451
Description[?]:
| Animals in zoos, are either raised in captivity, knowing nothing outside of life in a cage, or captured in the wild, and torn kicking and screaming from their homes and mates. We believe the practise of keeping exotic animals in cages, for tourists to ogle, is cruel and unfair. If people want to see exotic creatures, they should take a trip to another country, hire a guide, and see them in their natural habitat. Seeing animals in zoos only encourages people to stay at home and not travel. We propose to outlaw keeping exotic or endangered animals in captivity. And instead encourage and facilitate travel to see them in the wild |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of exotic animals.
Old value:: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Proposed: Keeping exotic animals is forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:59:46, September 03, 2007 CET | From | Conservative Party | To | Debating the Freedom of Nature act |
| Message | You do realize that keeping such animals in zoological institutions allow us to secure the species survival. |
| Date | 00:41:41, September 04, 2007 CET | From | United Labour Party of Telamon | To | Debating the Freedom of Nature act |
| Message | What about species that survive only because of human breeding? |
| Date | 01:20:52, September 04, 2007 CET | From | Telamonese Cultural Alliance | To | Debating the Freedom of Nature act |
| Message | Zoos are useful scientific instruments. Abolishing them would endanger biological research as well as preserving animals. |
| Date | 01:21:12, September 04, 2007 CET | From | Telamonese Cultural Alliance | To | Debating the Freedom of Nature act |
| Message | Gah, endanger the preserving of animals, I mean. |
| Date | 09:42:59, September 05, 2007 CET | From | Secular Humanist party | To | Debating the Freedom of Nature act |
| Message | We have taken your opinions into accoun,t and reluctantly removed the article about endangered animals. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes | Total Seats: 81 | |||||
| no |
Total Seats: 552 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 117 |
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