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Bill: Animal Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: United Yeudish Leftist 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: March 4133
Description[?]:
| Whereas there are current deficiencies regarding the protection of wildlife in our state; Whereas protecting animals and biodiversity is very important to preserving our environment; Whereas Yeudish values mandate that we preserve the world for our children; Let the following package be considered for passage by the Knesset. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The right to kill animals.
Old value:: Killing animals is legal and unregulated.
Current: Killing animals is legal but regulated.
Proposed: Killing animals is legal but regulated.
Article 2
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: Hunting endangered animals is illegal.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Forest management.
Old value:: All forestry is performed by private companies.
Current: Local governments are required to operate forestry agencies, which own and manage all forest land.
Proposed: There is a national agency which owns and manages all forest land.
Article 4
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: Local governments decide about this.
Proposed: Only zoos or zoological institutions are allowed to keep endangered animals; all other forms of keeping or trading in endangered animals are forbidden.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 23:09:08, December 08, 2016 CET | From | תְּקוּמָה | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | Again, Article 4 is a very clever attempt to force leftist idology on our country. This Article does absolutly not help the environment. Furthermore, article 4 absolutly takes away the freedom of the people. It should remain the decision of the people what animals they would like to keep. Mahnud Koornhof, deputy leader of the CYP fraction. |
| Date | 23:09:48, December 08, 2016 CET | From | תְּקוּמָה | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | +Article 3 also does help the environment. It only forces much more land into the hand of the state. |
| Date | 03:16:47, December 09, 2016 CET | From | United Yeudish Leftist Party | To | Debating the Animal Protection Act |
| Message | By making it illegal to privately own endangered animals, it eliminates the illegal market for capturing and poaching them, which destabilize our ecosystems. Privatized companies do not have any incentive to protect our forests from deforestation. We cannot trust private individuals and companies to act in the best interests of our people in regards to common usage natural resources such as these. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes | Total Seats: 168 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 299 | |
| abstain |
Total Seats: 228 |
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