Born Free USA Legislation

HB 324 Would Ban the Shark Fin Trade

2012-05-09T17:24:35Z

Bill description: This bill is would prohibit possession, sale, offer for sale, trade or distribution of shark fins.

Read the bill here.

A10041/S7078-- Born Free USA Exotic “Pets” Bill

2012-05-02T19:23:11Z

Bill description: This bill was drafted by Born Free USA and would require "owners" to pay for damages or expenses incurred when their exotic "pets" are released from their enclosures. The bill also requires people to immediately report discovered releases to local police and animal control.

Read the bill here.

SB 355 Weakens Trapping Law

2012-04-23T23:37:04Z

Bill description: This bill would delete the use of plastic tags on traps and delete the requirement that the license number of the owner of a trap be contained on any tag.

Read the full text of the bill here (PDF).

H.R. 4214: The Compound 1080 and M-44 Elimination Act

2012-04-13T20:55:49Z

Sponsor: U.S. Representatives John Campbell (R-CA) and Peter DeFazio, (D-OR)

Bill description: This bill would ban the use of two deadly poisons — sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080) and sodium cyanide — presently used nationwide for lethal predator control (of coyotes and foxes, among others) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services program.

Read the full text of the bill and follow its progress here (PDF).

HF 145 Restricts Trapping

2012-03-29T21:17:59Z

Bill description: This bill would prohibit trapping with Conibear traps and snares near the entry to a private drive of a residence without permission.

Read the full text of the bill here (PDF).

HB 231 Restricts Trade of Live Animals

2012-03-29T21:15:15Z

Bill description: This bill would prohibit trade of any live animal on any highway, right-of-way, public park, public playground, public swimming pool, any other public recreational area, flea market,
commercial or retail parking lot, or adjacent property to such locations.

Read the text of the bill here.

H.R. 3074 Cormorant Management and Natural Resources Protection Act

2012-03-29T21:11:12Z

Bill description: This bill would amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to delegate the authority of the Secretary of the Interior under such act with respect to double-crested cormorants to a state on the date the U.S. Secretary of Interior approves a cormorant management plan submitted by such state.

Read the full text of the bill and follow its progress here (PDF).

SB 1221 Prohibits Hounding of Bears and Bobcats

2012-03-27T23:12:20Z

Bill description: Introduced by Sen. Ted W. Lieu (D-Torrance), it would prohibit hunters from using packs of dogs to pursue bears and bobcats in California. In “hounding,” radio-collared dogs are used to track, chase and run down animals. Using a portable receiver, the hunter can determine when the pursued animal is trapped in a tree and then comes to shoot that animal at point-blank range.

In their frantic retreat from the dogs, bears and bobcats endure a tremendous amount of stress. In addition, hounding may separate mother bears from their cubs, leaving the young orphaned or even caught and torn up by the dogs. The dogs themselves also placed at extreme risk of injury from encounters with wild and terrified bears and bobcats.

Read and track the progress of this bill here.