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Combatting Wildlife Trafficking (Connecticut)
Restricts the import, possession, sale, or transportation of body parts of African elephants, lions, leopards, black rhinos, white rhinos, and giraffes in the state -
Creating a Companion Animal Custody Law (Maine)
Requires judges to consider the well-being of the companion animal and certain relevant factors when determining with whom the animal will live -
Ag-Gag (Texas)
HB 1480/SB 472 would create an Ag-Gag law in Texas — preventing the public from learning about animal cruelty. -
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (Illinois)
The Illinois Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (CAAP) bill, HB 1169, would provide for a volunteer attorney to advocate for cat and dog victims in cruelty cases. -
Banning Trapping (Vermont)
Restricts trapping and bans the use of dogs in hunting black bears -
Banning the Sale of Foie Gras (Rhode Island)
Prohibits restaurants and retailers from selling any force-fed poultry product or food containing a force-fed poultry product. -
Banning the Sale of Fur (Massachusetts)
Bans the sale of new fur products, including clothing, fashion accessories, and home décor, in the Commonwealth. -
Racketeering of Aquatic and Wild Animal Life (Florida)
Racketeering of Aquatic and Wild Animal Life (HB 783/SB 776) would add wildlife crimes to the list of racketeering offenses, allowing further penalty to those who illegally take, kill, sell, purchase, or possess wild animals under Florida’s RICO Act. -
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (New York)
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (CAAP) laws allow advocates — supervised law students or volunteer lawyers — to advocate for animal victims in criminal cruelty cases. -
Banning the Sale of Fur (Hawaii)
Bans the manufacture and sale of new fur products in Hawaii, reducing the demand driving the fur industry.
