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Canyon’s Law (Federal)
This legislation would ban M-44s — spring-loaded devices filled with sodium cyanide used to kill native carnivores and so-called “pest” species — from public lands. -
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Each year, our attorneys compile and review every state and territory’s animal protection laws and rank them according to the relative strength and weakness of their laws. -
Wild Animal Public Contact Ban (California)
If enacted, the Public Contact Safety Act ( A.B.892) would prohibit public encounters with animals such as handfeeding, petting, holding, or playing with nonhuman primates, bears, and elephants held in captivity. -
Breed Neutral Policy and Animal Cruelty Cross Reporting Bill (Massachusetts)
Massachusetts legislation would create a dog-breed-neutral policy, and remove dog breed prohibitions, related to placing a child in a foster or adoptive home; it also clarifies that human services employees can report animal cruelty. -
Civil Immunity Bill “Good Samaritan Rule” (Washington)
Provides civil immunity for rescuing at-risk companion animals and vulnerable people locked in cars. -
Octopus Farming Ban (New Jersey)
In recognition of the “advanced cognitive abilities” of octopuses, An Act prohibiting the aquaculture of any species of octopus for the purpose of human consumption (S. 3914/A. 5078) seeks to prohibit octopus aquaculture, also known as octopus farming. -
A Bill to Ban Wild Animals in Circuses (Washington)
Prohibits the use of certain wild animals in circuses and traveling animal acts in Washington. -
Providing Shelter to Companion Animals in Disasters (Washington)
This bill would require counties or cities in Washington to designate emergency shelters that can accommodate companion animals. -
Laws with animal cruelty added to their definitions of “coercive control”
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