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Bill: Animal Rights Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: People's Justice Coalition
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: January 2739
Description[?]:
| Animals, as living beings, should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings. This act will prevent animals from being used as clothing, research subjects, or entertainment, and hopefully also limit their usage as food. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The use of animals in cosmetics research.
Old value:: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is regulated.
Current: The use of animals to test cosmetic products is regulated.
Proposed: Animals may not be used for testing cosmetics products.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change The right to kill animals.
Old value:: Killing animals is legal but regulated.
Current: Killing animals is legal but regulated.
Proposed: Killing animals is illegal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Government regulation of hunting.
Old value:: The matters of hunting and fishing are handled by local governments.
Current: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Proposed: Hunting and fishing activities are restricted to designated areas and periods.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:36:36, April 04, 2009 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Animal Rights Act |
| Message | Animals aren't sentient, they don't even know their self. Why should we not use them as our play things? Meat is delicious after all, and an integral part of a diet. |
| Date | 01:35:58, April 04, 2009 CET | From | People's Justice Coalition | To | Debating the Animal Rights Act |
| Message | Animals are sentient. They are sentient enough to be able to communicate to each other, care for their offspring, and even follow directions from man. Animals such as apes, bonobos, and dolfins show a remarkable intelligence approaching that of a child, and more remarkably are capable of forming collectivist communities. |
| Date | 02:40:30, April 04, 2009 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Animal Rights Act |
| Message | Oh that is absolutely right, with respect to certain primate species and dolphins. There is simply no way we should allow them to be killed, as they display sufficient sentience to be classed as intelligent creatures. Outside of that small category however, it's just good eating. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||
| yes | Total Seats: 0 | ||
| no | Total Seats: 398 | ||
| abstain | Total Seats: 102 |
| Random fact: Party candidates for head of state elections are not visible to the public. This means that you cannot see who will run and who will not, which adds another strategic element to the elections. |
| Random quote: "What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another." - Gandhi |