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Bill: Animal Protection Bill
Details
Submitted by[?]: Greens 4030
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: December 4031
Description[?]:
| Legislation to protect and conserve wild animals. |
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, but the trade in, and the ownership of, endangered animals is strictly regulated by the government to prevent their extinction in the wild.
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:: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Current: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep exotic animals.
Proposed: Keeping exotic animals is forbidden.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change The government's stance on whaling.
Old value:: Commercial whaling is legal, but the government establishes whaling quotas.
Current: Whaling is illegal.
Proposed: Whaling is illegal.
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy regarding the keeping of wild animals as pets.
Old value:: The government maintains a list of dangerous wild animals which may not be kept as pets; other wild animals may be kept as pets.
Current: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Proposed: The ownership of wild animals as pets is banned.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 00:35:49, May 20, 2016 CET | From |  Freedom and Democracy | To | Debating the Animal Protection Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, We kinda like cute animals like bunnies, kittens, so we will vote in favour of this. Bryde the Warm Common Sense™ Cute Animals Spokesperson |
| Date | 06:54:56, May 20, 2016 CET | From | Razem | To | Debating the Animal Protection Bill |
| Message | Mr Speaker, This would impose intolerable burdens on the tourism, fishing and other industries, destroying thousands of jobs in the process. While we admire the Greens' passion for animals, we think this might be a tad over the top. and thus oppose the bill. Jacek Wasiak Minister of Food and Agriculture |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 231 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 341 | ||||
| abstain |
Total Seats: 128 |
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