From the desk of Vanessa Gagne:
ANIMAL ISSUES LEGISLATIVE UPDATE

March 18, 2021

UPDATES

Please support the Working Animal Protection Act in Iowa, Missouri, and Texas!
IA SF 483, MO HB 647 & HB 841, TX HB 543

Please help oppose the Los Angeles rodeo ban.  Comments from out of state are being taken into consideration so get those messages in!

CT SB 66, which bans the exposition of exotic/wild animals, needs your opposition letters.  This bill was written to directly attack the Commerford petting zoo. 
Submit your message here

The state of Virginia has banned animal testing in cosmetics.  The rules are as follows - “no cosmetics manufacturer shall sell, offer for sale, or transport within the Commonwealth on or after January 1, 2022, any cosmetic if the final product or any component thereof was developed or manufactured using cosmetic animal testing that was conducted or contracted for on or after July 1, 2021.”

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