Action Alert: West Virginia Reptile Ban

UPDATE: Thanks to an outpouring of opposition and education, the WV DWA Board has withdrawn the proposed amendments to the State’s Dangerous Wild Animals Act from consideration. Thank you to all of those who supported our efforts to stop these additions to the...
ACTION ALERT: Federal Animal Program Ban

ACTION ALERT: Federal Animal Program Ban

The “Traveling Exotic Animal and Public Safety Protection Act” (or TEAPSPA) has now been introduced in the Senate (S. 2121) as well as the House of Representatives (H.R. 2683). These companion bills are broad-sweeping bans on “traveling animal acts” authored by...
ACTION ALERT: Nevada

ACTION ALERT: Nevada

Assembly Bill 479: Dangerous Wild Animal bill UPDATE from 5/18/19: Died in Senate Natural Resources Committee (failed to have hearing and vote by the deadline). This bill is dead. UPDATE: AB479 has passed in the Assembly and must be stopped in the Senate. It has been...
ACTION ALERT: Stop rattlesnake gassing in Texas

ACTION ALERT: Stop rattlesnake gassing in Texas

A bill to support! Texas House Bill 3559 would ban the destructive practice of “gassing.” Gassing is the dumping or spraying of toxic chemicals into wildlife burrows and dens to force out wildlife. Often, gassing is used to collect rattlesnakes for roundup...
ACTION ALERT: Stop rattlesnake gassing in Texas

Action Alert: Alabama Rattlesnakes Threatened

Senate Bill 64 removes all State protections for rattlesnakes in Alabama. As if snakes were not under enough pressure, now certain cities in Alabama will be allowed to do whatever they want with them, including kill all of them they can find at public events and...
ACTION ALERT: Federal Animal Program Ban

ALERT: Florida New “Reptiles of Concern”

UPDATE 5/4/19: These bills failed to pass committee and are now dead for this session. UPDATE 3/5/19: HB1105 has been referred to the House Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee. Contact details for all Representatives can be found at...