OPPOSE HR 1380 Big Cat Public Safety Act

As the saying goes, elections have consequences. Animal-related businesses involved with big cats are about to experience the negative consequences of the Republicans losing the House in Congress in just a few days.

With the Democratic majority now controlling the House, Congressman Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ), is the newly appointed Chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee. It didn't take him but a few short months into the new 116th Congress to bring the Big Cat Public Safety Act (HR1380) up for a hearing this Tuesday, March 26, 2019. 

Congressman Raul M. Grijalva (D-AZ)
Chairman, Natural Resource Committee

This deceptively named bill is designed by animal rights groups to severely restrict all legal possession, breeding, and commerce involving Big Cats. 

The Big Cat Public Safety Act has the potential to curtail existing legal business activity without providing any information about the resulting adverse economic impact while offering significant challenges for enforcement. 

The severe limitations on breeding and continued possession imposed by this bill not only impact the prohibited species already legally maintained but almost certainly ensure the extinction of some of these species in our parks and zoos. 

The bottom line: The Big Cat Public Safety Act is a recipe for extinction of big cats. 

With 81 co-sponsors in the House, 77 are Democrats and the 4 Republican co-sponsors are the usual suspects who are, sadly, in the pocket of the Humane Society of the U.S.  

These four (4) Republicans are: 

Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL)
Congressman Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA)
Congressman Lee M. Zeldin (R-NY)
Congressman Michael Turner (R-OH)

Three things you can do to help!

1. Send your emails to Members of the House Committee on Natural Resources to OPPOSE HR1380 by CLICKING HERE
2. You can make phone calls to Members of the House Committee on Natural Resources.  CLICK HERE
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