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San Francisco ban wild animal performances

ADI is celebrating as San Francisco Board of Supervisors cast their final vote unanimously approving a ban on wild animal performances in the city!

ADI is celebrating as San Francisco Board of Supervisors cast their final vote on April 21, 2015, unanimously approving a ban on wild animal performances in the city! The ordinance’s stated intent is to “protect wild and exotic animals from cruel and inhumane treatment and to protect the public from the danger posed by the use of wild and exotic animals for entertainment.”

ADI congratulates the Board of Supervisors for their leadership, especially Supervisor Katy Tang, the main sponsor, who sees this as a step toward building momentum for a similar state wide ban or even a national ban in the US. ADI has reached out to Supervisor Tang, offering our congratulations and support to help with these broader goals, towards which ADI is already making significant progress.

With now retired Congressman Jim Moran (D-VA), ADI has introduced federal legislation, The Traveling Exotic Animal Protection Act, which aims to ban the use of wild and exotic animals from performing in travelling circuses in the US. We are actively looking for a new sponsor for this bill, and have also met with many California State Legislators looking for a champion to head up state legislation that has already been drafted through Legislative Counsel.

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Comments

  1. Hugaerts P · 22 April 2015 at 8:27a

    Congratulations!

  2. Joy Couch · 22 April 2015 at 8:27a

    I’ve never read better news!!!

  3. shirin zah · 22 April 2015 at 8:27a

    Thank you for all your efforts to ban animals in entertainment. they sure deserve a better life.

    I was asked to help the big cats in Mexico. thousands are going homeless by July. some circuses have closed already and all sanctuaries are full and we simply dont have enough sanctuaries for them. they are now kept in cages. so sad.

    While we fight for their freedom we must seek ways to help them be safe and not rsult them more suffering. I have considered getting a piece of land and help them in some ways if funds become available but its not enough. 3500 animals in Mexico are in need.

    I know this is about SanFaransisco and I am so happy that the ban is taking place in more areas. can we find solutions for their next step please?

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