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Bill: Animal Care Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federal Technocrats
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: November 2105
Description[?]:
| Noting the role that caring families can play in protecting wild, endangered or other animalia it would seem suitable that government regulation is introduced to protect these animal groups. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the ownership of domestic animals as pets.
Old value:: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
Current: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Proposed: People must register domestic animals with the local government.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of endangered animals.
Old value:: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Proposed: 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.
Article 3
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: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Proposed: Everyone may keep exotic animals, but the trade in exotic animals is regulated by the government.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Current: The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets.
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 | 05:09:15, August 29, 2005 CET | From | United Military Party | To | Debating the Animal Care Act |
| Message | Agreed |
| Date | 20:21:53, August 29, 2005 CET | From | Ruthlessly Random Party | To | Debating the Animal Care Act |
| Message | Why? You have to register a gold fish? This is silly. Registering animals such as dogs with the breeders, fine, or even dangerous breeds such as the semi-wild cats. But all? |
| Date | 01:00:30, August 30, 2005 CET | From | Federal Technocrats | To | Debating the Animal Care Act |
| Message | Goldfish aren't domesticated. This is for the registration of cats and dogs primarily, both of which can have a detrimental effect on Hutori native wildlife. |
| Date | 04:56:51, August 30, 2005 CET | From | Federal Technocrats | To | Debating the Animal Care Act |
| Message | OOC: Bill has been corrected, full content now included. You are invited to recomment given the changing nature. |
| Date | 12:32:14, August 30, 2005 CET | From | United Military Party | To | Debating the Animal Care Act |
| Message | We agree with the entire bill, with the exception of Article II, shouldn't special attention be given to breeding and raising endangered animals first, to make sure they get off the endangered list, before we allow them to be kept as pets? |
| Date | 03:55:25, August 31, 2005 CET | From | Federal Technocrats | To | Debating the Animal Care Act |
| Message | What we are considering is that the government regulations for Article II will include that owners participate in endangered pet breeding programs, hoping that with a larger pool of available owners in addition to those already protected in zoos, we will be able to protect and breed more animals as a whole. It will be quite intensive regulation on the keeping of endangered animals, but we hope to benefit them in the future. |
| Date | 16:37:30, August 31, 2005 CET | From |  First Socialist Party | To | Debating the Animal Care Act |
| Message | We do not have any serious objection to the bill, however it does bring up a lot of beaucracy. We will vote with our coalition partner. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes |
Total Seats: 101 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 85 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 56 |
| Random fact: Treaties will be eligible for deletion if they are more than 50 in-game years old and have no currently ratified members. |
| Random quote: "Catch a man a fish, and you can sell it to him. Teach a man to fish, and you ruin a wonderful business opportunity." - Karl Marx |