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May
22
2020
Saving California’s Wildlife One City at a Time, Please Help!
Please Support Laguna Beach’s Effort to Prohibit Deadly Rodenticides! Vote is Tuesday, May 26th! Due to the State Legislature’s failure to take action to ban the use of deadly rodenticides,…
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May
14
2020
The Desert Review: Bill clears first hurdle in CA senate for adding viable animal donors
SACRAMENTO — Senate Bill 1115, introduced by Senator Scott Wilk (R-Santa Clarita) and sponsored by Social Compassion in Legislation, has passed the Senate Agriculture Committee with a 4-0 vote. The…
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May
13
2020
SB 1115 (Wilk) Passes Senate Agriculture Committee 4-0!
SB 1115 clears first hurdle to bring viable community-based donors to commercial animal blood industry.
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May
11
2020
Assemblymember Ash Kalra Press Statement Regarding California AB 2002 Deforestation-Free Procurement Act
Sacramento – Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) released a statement today on Assembly Bill (AB) 2002, the California Deforestation-Free Procurement Act, which will not be set for a hearing in…
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May
06
2020
VegNews: Lawmakers Officially Introduce Bill to Ban New York’s Wet Animal Markets
“This virus could have originated in any country that exploits and commodifies animals, including right here in the USA,” says Judie Mancuso of animal-rights group Social Compassion in Legislation.
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May
06
2020
Orange County Register: With push from ‘Tiger King,’ locals back federal law to limit ownership of big cats
Actress Diane Keaton joins call to pass The Big Cat Public Safety Act.
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May
05
2020
New York County Politics: Rosenthal, Sepúlveda Introduce Bill to Shutter Live Markets in New York
New York County Politics – COVID-19, the pandemic that is still ravaging the planet, originated from wet markets in Wuhan. With this knowledge, Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal (D-Hell’s Kitchen, Upper West…
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May
05
2020
NY Daily News: N.Y. lawmakers propose bill banning live markets to prevent animal-borne diseases
New York Daily News – ALBANY — A pair of New York lawmakers want to shut down New York’s live animal markets to help stem the spread of diseases and…
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May
04
2020
NY State Bill to Ban Wet Markets Formally Introduced A.10399
Assemblymember Linda B. Rosenthal & State Senator Luis Sepúlveda Introduce New Legislation to Immediately Shutter New York’s Live Markets to Reduce Risk of Disease Spread
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Apr
27
2020
KTLA, Fox News, Washington Times, VegNews Cover Our CA/NY Bills to Ban Wet Markets
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, live markets, or so-called “wet markets,” are under renewed scrutiny by lawmakers and activists.
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Apr
27
2020
Canada Goose Complaint Update
Canada Goose Announces Starting No Later Than 2022 the Company Will Not Sell New or “Virgin” Fur
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Apr
24
2020
KTLA 5 CA: Officials Push for Shut Down of Wet Markets
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, live markets, or so-called “wet markets,” are under renewed scrutiny by lawmakers and activists.
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Apr
22
2020
Washington Times: ‘Prime transmission locations’: Pandemic shines spotlight on wet markets — in U.S.
The COVID-19 pandemic put a spotlight on the wet markets in Asia — specifically Wuhan, China — but wet markets where shoppers pick out live animals to be purchased as food or…
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Apr
14
2020
Fox News: New York, California lawmakers call for state ban on ‘wet markets’ amid coronavirus
New York and California state lawmakers are calling for a shutdown of all “wet markets” in their states, rolling out new legislation on both coasts to ban the markets—which in…
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Apr
13
2020
Lawmakers in California and New York to introduce legislation to ban wet markets and exotic wildlife trafficking to reduce future pandemic risk and prevent mass extinction
In response to COVID-19 and the growth of the powerful international wildlife trafficking industry, bills from Senator Henry Stern (CA) and Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal (NY) would crack down on domestic…
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Apr
11
2020
PlantBasedNews.org: Diane Keaton Backs ‘Big Cat Public Safety Act’ Following Controversial Show ‘Tiger King’
‘Exotic Animals that are kept for private use are not only a public health issue but also endanger the lives of first responders’
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Apr
11
2020
VegNews: Diane Keaton Joins Fight to Stop Animal Cruelty Exposed by Tiger King
The actress steps up her activism as board member of animal-rights group Social Compassion in Legislation to push for the passing of The Big Cat Public Safety Act, a law…
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Apr
10
2020
Big Cat Public Safety Act Gets Major Backing Amid Growing Buzz from Netflix’s Tiger King
Diane Keaton and fellow Social Compassion in Legislation board members are working with Congress to end private ownership of lions and tigers in wake of controversial show
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Apr
09
2020
Bipartisan Group of United States Members of Congress Urges Three Major Intergovernmental Organizations to Ban All Live Wildlife Markets and Wildlife Trade!
In an extraordinary move, the drumbeat for such action was amplified yesterday when a bipartisan group of 66 U.S. Members of Congress joined in that call.
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Mar
31
2020
Updates and Action Alert!
Fish & Game Commission Vote to List Mountain Lions on California Endangered Species Act Coming Up! Information on Netflix docuseries “Tiger King” and exotic animal ownership
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