“As long as people continue to buy tickets to zoos, animals will continue to suffer. “ That is what the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, (PETA) belief statement on zoo’s tell us. (Zoos: An Idea Whose Time Has Come and Gone). It would seem that one such zoo professional has elected to stand behind PETA.
The bill’s sponsor also apologized and said she would not push it forward and explained she was asked by a constituent (who happens to be a HSUS supporter) to submit the bill and that it sounded like a good thing to do at the time.
With Iowa's controversial "ag gag" law on appeal in the courts, lawmakers are considering a narrower bill that would create a special trespassing crime for agricultural facilities.
Springfield voters overwhelmingly voted to reject the city’s pit bull ban. If a Missouri lawmaker has his way, breed-specific rules around the state will go, too.
Such episodes are then immediately used as a fund raising vehicle by many activist organizations, and so-called wild animal sanctuaries to raise a massive amount of money through donations, and at the same time weaponizing the news event to help further attention to any legislation those organizations may be involved with.