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Bill: Animal Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Federal Green Party (FGP)
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: May 3832
Description[?]:
| This proposal would make the following changes: 1. You would have to register your animals with the local government. This is to assure that potentially dangerous animals can be tracked more easily within a jurisdiction. 2. It would protect endangered animals. Having no regulations on their ownership is a great way to change their status from endangered to extinct. 3. Local governments would be able to regulate the trade and ownership of exotic animals. This is important so that we do not see an Ape scaling skyscrapers in a metropolitan area, for example. Local governments should be free to regulate such exotic animals based off of their unique situations. |
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: There are no laws regarding domestic animal ownership.
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:: Everyone may keep endangered animals, without any restrictions whatsoever.
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: 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 exotic animals.
Old value:: Everyone may keep exotic animals, the trade in exotic animals is unregulated.
Current: Everyone may keep exotic animals, the trade in exotic animals is unregulated.
Proposed: Local governments decide about this.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 17:32:58, April 14, 2015 CET | From |  Free Democratic Party | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | "We'd consider articles one and three, but we don't like article 2. We think endangered animals should be taken care of by local governments." ~Amy Smith, Secondary Chairman of the LPS |
| Date | 20:27:53, April 14, 2015 CET | From | Federal Green Party (FGP) | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | That would be an improvement over how it is currently but it could still cause problems. If a local government decides not to protect them then we can see entire species go extinct. As a result this is a national concern, since the loss of species effects the ecosystem of the entire nation. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 322 | ||||
| no | Total Seats: 160 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 43 |
| Random fact: Once approved, players should copy Cultural Protocols into a bill in the debate section of their nation page, under the title of "OOC: Cultural Protocols". This bill should include links to the passed Cultural Protocol bill and the Moderation approval. |
| Random quote: "God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools." - John Muir |