U.S. The House has passed a bill banning people with big cats like lions and hair after Netflix released the documentary series “Tiger King”.
The chamber voted 272-114 to pass the measure, which also makes it illegal for protesters to allow people to touch the cubs late Thursday night.
The bill appears in the documentary and was supported by the show’s star Ex-Exotic’s Nemesis Carol Baskin and her husband Howard.
The same day the bill passed, a volunteer was injured in Baskin’s large cat rescue after being attacked by a tiger.
Baskin told Hill in an email that the volunteer saw a “clipped shut” on a door leading to the tiger, a rescue signal “not to open the door without a connector to come to the aid.”
She said the volunteer said “she just wasn’t thinking when she reached out to clip it” and that Vagh “grabbed her hand and almost slapped her on the shoulder.”
“The fact that, despite our strict safety protocols and excellent safety records, this type of injury can only confirm the internal danger in dealing with these animals and why the Big Cat to eliminate us without track in the surrounding garden There is a need for a Public Safety Act. End in the country and sanctuaries, “Baskin added.
The news comes after the Justice Department filed a complaint against Greater Winnewood Exotic Animal Park and Tiger King LLC in November, alleging that businesses violated the Endangered Species Act and the Animal Welfare Act.
The exotic previously owned a zoo, and it was one of the main animal attractions featured in “Tiger King” where tourists could see hair and lions and play with large kittens.
Jeffrey and Lauren Law, the current owners of the animal park, acknowledged ownership of the business after Exotic was sentenced to 22 years in prison after pleading guilty to trying to hire someone to kill Baskin.
The law comes next to the Senate. In the House vote, the passage was bipartisan, however, it was supported by voters and only 48 Republicans.
It was sponsored by Rips. Mike Quigley
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“Big cats are wild animals that are not just related to private houses, backyards or a zoo on a thorny road,” Quigley said in a statement. “Often, law enforcement and first responders are the ones who put these animals at risk and … we owe them to limit the additional risks they face on the job.”
The law was passed by the U.S. Applauded by the Human Society, the group’s president, Kitty Block, says the law “will end this cycle of grief, abuse, and fear once and for all.”
Block said the group estimates that U.S. There are hundreds of tigers in what are “kept as pets and money-making props, such as on-shore zoos, pseudo-sanctuaries and cube-painting operations.”
Updated at 10:48 p.m.
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