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Ensuring Wildlife Connectivity Act (Washington)
The bill would protect wildlife from vehicle collisions and prevent habitat fragmentation by providing safe corridors, such as over- and underpasses. -
Laws with animal cruelty added to their definitions of “coercive control”
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Pigs and Public Health Act (Federal)
This bill aims to reduce the number of nonambulatory or ”downed” pigs — pigs who cannot stand or walk unassisted — in the food system. -
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (Michigan)
Courtroom Animal Advocate Program (CAAP) laws allow advocates — supervised law students or volunteer lawyers — to advocate for animal victims in criminal cruelty cases. -
Opposing the Cultivation and Trade of Octopus Produced through Unethical Strategies (OCTOPUS) Act (Federal)
The Opposing the Cultivation and Trade of Octopus Produced through Unethical Strategies (OCTOPUS) Act would ban commercial octopus farming in the U.S. and prohibit imports of farmed octopus from foreign countries. -
Pigeon Shoot Ban Bill (Pennsylvania)
Pennsylvania state bill aims to prohibit cruel pigeon shoots in the state. -
Captive Hunting Prohibition (Rhode Island)
This legislation would define and prohibit captive hunting for animals in Rhode Island. -
A Bill to Ban Wild Animals in Traveling Acts (New York)
This New York bill would prohibit the use of certain wild animals in traveling animal acts throughout the state, including big cats, bears, nonhuman primates, kangaroos, and wallabies. -
Captive Primate Safety Act (Federal)
The Captive Primate Safety Act prohibits private possession of nonhuman primates and the sale or transportation of nonhuman primates for the wild “pet” trade. -
Coercive Control Bill (Massachusetts)
Legislation would help victims of domestic violence, both human and animal, by updating the Commonwealth’s legal definition of abuse to include regarding “coercive control” to include committing or threatening to commit cruelty to the animal companion.
