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Bill Status: Pending |
 | Wild Horses and Burros
Bill Number: H.R. 1018
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: In Session
Restores the prohibition on the commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and burros. This provision was stripped by an amendment slipped into the 2005 Omnibus Spending Bill.
On May 19, 2005, the U.S. House overwhelmingly passed an amendment to the Interior Appropriations bill that removed the Bureau of Land Management's funding for horse slaughter. However, this amendment was ultimately left out of the final version of the bill.
>> Action Alert! Help Save Wild Horses and Burros |
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Bill Status: Passed House |
| Shark Conservation Act of 2009
Bill Number: H.R. 81/S. 850
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: In Session
To protect sharks from the cruel practice of shark finning (cutting off sharks' fins and throwing the sharks back in the water, often while still alive). Congress banned this practice in 2000, but enforcement is complex and there is room for cheating. This legislation closes a loophole that currently permits a vessel to transport fins obtained illegally as long as the sharks were not finned aboard that vessel.
>> Action Alert! Protect Sharks from Finning
>> Get the factsheet (PDF) on this legislation |
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Bill Status: Pending |
| Sportsmanship in Hunting Act of 2009
Bill Number: H.R. 2308
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: In Session
The Sportsmanship in Hunting Act would prohibit the shooting of live animals remotely via the Internet, and will halt the interstate shipment of captive, exotic mammals for the sole purpose of being shot in a fenced enclosure for entertainment or for trophy. A bill to amend Title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain interstate conduct relating to exotic animals and certain computer-assisted remote hunting, and for other purposes. |
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Bill Status: Passed committee |
| Captive Primate Safety Act
Bill Number: H.R. 80/S. 462
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: In Session
Prohibits interstate and foreign commerce in nonhuman primates (chimpanzees, monkeys, lemurs and others) for the pet trade. Some states already prohibit private ownership of nonhuman primates as pets, but since these animals are often moved between states for the pet trade, federal legislation is needed to curb this interstate commerce.
H.R. 80 passed the House by a vote of 323-95.
>> Action Alert! Support the Captive Primate Safety Act |
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Bill Status: Passed committee |
| Great Cats and Rare Canids Act
Bill Number: H.R. 411/S. 529
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: In Session
Provides support and financial resources for conservation programs of rare felids (such as lions, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, and iberian lynx) and canids (such as the gray wolf, ethiopian wolf, maned wolf, and african and asiatic wild dogs) to nations within the animals' natural range. |
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Bill Status: Passed committee |
| Crane Conservation Act
Bill Number: H.R. 388/S. 197
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: In Session
To assist in the conservation of cranes by supporting and providing financial resources for conservation programs. |
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Bill Status: Pending |
| Python Importation
Bill Number: S. 373
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: In Session
To ban the interstate commerce and importation of pythons. |
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Bill Status: Pending |
| Neo-tropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act
Bill Number: H.R. 2213
HSUS Position: Support
Legislature Status: In Session
Reauthorizes an existing program that provides funds for the conservation of neo-tropical migratory birds. |
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