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Bill: Public Safety and Animal Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: We Say So! 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: June 2556
Description[?]:
| Article 1: Wild Animals Understanding the dangers inherent in the ownership and containment of wild animals, and accepting the problems of possible escape of aforementioned animals and the damage they may cause as well as the risks to the public and their owners, the Government will henceforth ban the ownership of wild animals by private individuals on grounds of public safety. Zoological institutions may still own and care for wild animals provided high quality security measures are in place at all times and adequate space and provision is provided for the care of aforementioned animals. Article 2: Endangered Animal Ownership Accepting the risks to endangered animals in the wild, whilst also accepting the risks to the endangered animals natural behaviour should they be imprisoned, the ownership of endangered animals by private individuals will be banned in order to protect the species. Zoological institutions may still own and care for endangered animals provided high quality security measures are in place at all times and adequate space and provision is provided to maintain natural behaviour and care of the aforementioned animals. Article 3: Hunting Endangered Animals In order to protect the survival of endangered animal species the hunting of endangered animals will henceforth be banned. Any hunter found killing, or having killed, any animal designated as endangered will be fined no less than 50,000HCR and imprisoned for no less than 24 months. All hunting licences will be revoked and any hunting implements will be impounded and destroyed. A list of endangered animals, as designated by the Ministry of Environment and Tourism with environmental scientists and zoological institutions, will be available from the Ministry and on the Governments website. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals.
Old value:: The government maintains a list of endangered and threatened species, which it encourages hunters not to shoot.
Current: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Proposed: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Article 2
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: 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.
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 3
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 ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Debate
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| Vote | Seats | |||
| yes | Total Seats: 79 | |||
| no | Total Seats: 219 | |||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 102 |
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