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Bill: Animal Rights Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Cildanian Workers Coalition
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 2591
Description[?]:
| The CWC believe in the rights of all animals to be treated with the same respect as Humans. This bill closes some loopholes in the law that have been opened up. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of animals in cosmetics research.
Old value:: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is unregulated.
Current: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is regulated.
Proposed: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is regulated.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding bestiality (performing sexual acts with animals).
Old value:: The government has no policy concerning bestiality.
Current: The government has no policy concerning bestiality.
Proposed: Bestiality is illegal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy towards hunting endangered animals.
Old value:: The government enforces no regulations.
Current: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Proposed: Only licensed people may hunt endangered animals.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 19:06:16, June 13, 2008 CET | From |  Progressive Liberal Party | To | Debating the Animal Rights Act |
| Message | The PLP wholeheartedly joins the CWC in this proposals - animals are property, but not the same kind of property as a chair: they can feel pain, or at least seem to, so we shouldn't unnecessarily harm them. |
| Date | 21:05:35, June 14, 2008 CET | From | Cildanian Workers Coalition | To | Debating the Animal Rights Act |
| Message | We thank the alliance parties for their vote in the senate! |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 95 | |||||
| no | Total Seats: 71 | |||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 9 |
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