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2000 The Great Ape Conservation Act establishes a $5 million conservation fund to assist in global projects to conserve great ape populations including gorillas, orangutans, bonobos, chimpanzees and gibbons.
The Chimpanzee Health Improvement, Maintenance and Protection Act provides a national sanctuary system for chimpanzees no longer used in experimentation after Congress passes the bill unanimously. New legislation requires the immediate termination of the Department of Defense practice of euthanizing military working dogs at the end of their useful working life and facilitates the adoption of retired military working dogs. The Senate passes the Bear Protection Act with no objection; the bill eliminates the incentive to kill bears for their gallbladders by making it illegal to sell, import or export the internal organs of a bear, as well as products containing bear parts. The House of Representatives does not act on the bill. 2002 The 2002 Farm Bill includes a Resolution dictating the Humane Methods of Slaughter Act of 1958 should be fully enforced, preventing the needless suffering of animals. It further calls on the Secretary of Agriculture to track violations of the Act and “report the results and relevant trends annually to Congress.” The Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act, African Elephant Conservation Act and Asian Elephant Conservation Act are all reauthorized. 2003 The Captive Wildlife Safety Act prohibits the interstate transport of exotic big cats for private ownership as pets. Keeping these animals poses a serious risk to people, their companion dogs and cats and the wild animals themselves. 2005 The House of Representatives passes an amendment to stop the use of taxpayer dollars to fund horse slaughterhouse inspection, effectively banning horse slaughter for one fiscal year if passed in the Senate. Ongoing SAPL works on a range of issues, including legislation to ban the use of steel jaw leghold traps, the slaughter of horses for human consumption and the sale of dogs and cats to laboratories by random source dealers. |
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