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Bill: Endangered Animal Protection Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: National Centrist Party
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: August 2074
Description[?]:
| Recognizing that certain animals are being hunted to near-extinction thanks to market demand for products created from them, the LFP proposes to limit hunting of these species. We apply the ideal of stewardship to this, such that, through licensing and hunt limits, the market can be sustained indefinitely. There will be a certain number of animals (the "take") that a hunter is allowed to bring in over a given period. Overhunting will result in license revocations. The Likatonian government will hereby fund a monitoring group under the oversight of the agricultural minister, this group will determine the number of animals that can be removed from a particular endangered species while still maintaining a gradual population growth intended to eventually remove the population levels from the danger zone. The number found by this monitoring group will be split evenly between the number of hunters applying to hunt that particular animal to determine sustainable times and amounts. Under no condition will companies register for a certain take. Instead, they shall have to register their employee hunters each individually. |
Proposals
Article 1
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 | 22:17:24, June 29, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Endangered Animal Protection Act |
| Message | I would rather support the total ban. However, this is better than what we have at present, so if the ban has no support, I will vote yes. |
| Date | 22:24:37, June 29, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Endangered Animal Protection Act |
| Message | LPE: Thank you very much. I'll turn that around, too - a complete ban is better than permanently destroying the resource, as a ban can be lifted but a dead species is gone forever. If this has no support, I'll support the ban. |
| Date | 23:22:12, June 29, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Endangered Animal Protection Act |
| Message | Actually, I'll take this straight to vote. I think everyone can agree it's better than no regulation. |
| Date | 23:35:37, June 29, 2005 CET | From | Liberal Party for Equality | To | Debating the Endangered Animal Protection Act |
| Message | alright, we'll support as an intermediate step, hoping the ban can be achieved. |
| Date | 00:19:01, June 30, 2005 CET | From | National Centrist Party | To | Debating the Endangered Animal Protection Act |
| Message | Good luck with that, then, and thank you for your support. |
| Date | 01:21:45, June 30, 2005 CET | From | Edelweiss Party | To | Debating the Endangered Animal Protection Act |
| Message | As a environmentals party we would propose to make the hunting on endagered animals illigal. But we consider this proposal as a step towards the right direction. |
| Date | 06:03:51, July 02, 2005 CET | From | Right Wing Liberals Party | To | Debating the Endangered Animal Protection Act |
| Message | I think this Mr Romano would love to exploit the animal resources. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |||||||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 183 | |||||||||
| no |
Total Seats: 17 | |||||||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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