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Take Action: Enact a National Exotic Pets Ban
Encourage the passage of a bill that would protect exotic animals and humans.
5/22/12: Ohio Gov. John Kasich signed the state's Dangerous Wild Animal Act into law, taking a step forward in protecting exotics and Ohioans from the dangerous and inhumane pet wildlife trade. Thank you to all who signed!
Final signature count: 8,533
Sponsored by: The Animal Rescue Site
In October 2011, an Ohio man released his personal collection of exotic animals he'd been caring for from his home into the wild. He then committed suicide. Bears, lions, and tigers fled their enclosures and authorities were left with few options but to shoot and kill the animals. This tragic loss of both human and animal life highlighted the need for stricter legislation when it comes to the ownership of exotic pets.
S.B. 310, or the Dangerous Wild Animal Act, aims to prohibit private ownership of exotic animals in Ohio. The bill is a good start, but it makes allowances for private citizens who are associated with the Zoological Association of America as well as for the ownership of some constrictor snakes.
If this bill is going to be successful, we need to strengthen it to include all kinds of exotic animals, and ALL private individuals.
Sign in favor of keeping both humans and animals safe.
Dear Senator Troy Balderson:
I applaud your efforts to restrict private citizens from owning exotic pets in light of the recent Ohio tragedy in which a man released his private collection of exotic animals and then committed suicide.
The fact is, large, exotic animals don't belong is highly populated areas. Not only does private ownership put the animals at risk of improper care and treatment, it also endangers surrounding neighbors as well as law enforcement who doesn't possess the proper training to handle such animals.
Your bill, S.B. 310, or the Dangerous Wild Animal Act, aims to prohibit private ownership of exotic animals in Ohio. But its language needs to be strengthened to include private citizens belonging to the Zoological Association of America as well as the ownership of some constrictor snakes.
Please see that those two stipulations are added and this bill becomes law. Thank you for your tireless work in protecting Earth's creatures.
Petition Signatures
Jun 6, 2012
Cecilia Banner
Exotic animals as pets only leads to heartbreak & tragedy. It is nonsensical that this hasn't yet been banned!
Jun 6, 2012
Mary Krupica
Jun 6, 2012
Audrey Serino
please pass the dangerous wild animal act
Jun 6, 2012
E Javinsky
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Jean Silvasy
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sandra hudson-knapp
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Karen Terry
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Holly Gould
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Julie Kramer
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Hilda Lacayo
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Charleen Griffin
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Deb Marcotte
God Bless and Good Luck.
Jun 6, 2012
Lauren Dunmire
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Rita K Curtis
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theresa incagnoli
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Lindsey Kalfus
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Carol Zangari
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Terre Tweedie
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Linda Macfarlane
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Louise Coulson
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Jun 6, 2012
Betty Abbott
Exotic pets are usually WILD ANIMALS which can be dangeroous to man. They are NOT pets, they are kept animals and should be with those who truly know how to care for them and protect them.
Jun 6, 2012
Karen Kremer
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stacy a
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Diana Brady
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Robin Whitworth
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jennifer vanvactor
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Judith Bailey
Please see that those two stipulations are added and this bill becomes law. Thank you for your tireless work in protecting Earth's creatures
Jun 6, 2012
Ayal Armon
Jun 6, 2012
tanya johnson
Jun 6, 2012
jan lawes
Thankyou for your commonsense on anyone owning animals that dont belong ever to us....3 cheers Sir..
Jun 6, 2012
Gena Ryan
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Sarah Adey
Jun 6, 2012
Karen Neubauer
"The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated...
I hold that, the more helpless a creature, the more entitled it is to protection by man from the cruelty of man"
MAHATMA GHANDI
Jun 6, 2012
Mary Lotts
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Raluca Keskin
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Katharina Staffler
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Gabriel Hernandez
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Merle Levine
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