"The AVMA opposes the Lacey Act language that was quietly included in the America Competes Act [that was] recently passed by the United States House of Representatives, despite its good intentions.

The U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Horse Transportation Safety Act (HTSA) as part of a massive infrastructure bill, the INVEST in America Act this week.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott says NO to Texas Humane Legislative Network and vetos micro-managing bill related to dog tethering.

Transcript and video of Rep. Rob Bishop, (R-UT) exposing the flawed "Big Cat Public Safety Act" on the House floor. December 3, 2020.

In one of the nations liberal states, (Oregon), an attempt to ban animals preforming in circuses has failed.

While the discussion draft of this bill is not alarming for herpetoculture and most other animal interest groups, it is important to keep note of the many bills that will be coming (at all levels of government). With these bills, we will see proposals for banning or heavily restricting a wide array of aspects of animals in our lives. Each bill will need to be scrutinized to be certain it follows its stated purpose.

Buried on pages 1,628-1,635 of the latest 1,815-page House democratic draft of a COVID-19 relief bill known as the Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions Act (HEROES Act) is the text of the Wildlife-Borne Disease Prevention Act (the Act).

House Bill 2450 (HB2450) was introduced on April 27 and amends (changes) Title 34 (Game) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes. The main scope of the bill is to redefine "exotic wildlife."

Over the past several years, due to the Humane Society of the United States hard failures on a federal level, they began their campaigns on local and city levels. Through HSUS has succeed in some areas, a new Florida bill (HB 1237) now targets to completely overturn those ridiculous bans for the entire state.

Capt. Hooker recommended No New Rules be put in place. The FWC Commission took her recommendation and passed it unanimously.