From the desk of Vanessa Gagne:
ANIMAL ISSUES LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

January 14, 2021

UPDATES

The Big Cat Public Safety Act has been reintroduced as US HR 263.

Indiana has introduced the Cub Protection Act, IN HB 1398, which “prohibits a person that owns or possesses a specified animal from allowing a member of the public to come into direct contact with the specified animal and establishes a criminal penalty for a violation of the law.”

Siegfried Fischbacher of famed magic act 'Siegfried & Roy' dies of pancreatic cancer at 81

IN THE NEWS

Two gorillas at San Diego Zoo test positive for COVID-19

APHIS funds animal disease programs

Thank animal research for COVID-19 vaccines

Circus Sarasota cancels its 2021 shows at Nathan Benderson Park