Thursday, April 06, 2006

More about California bill

More news from the left coast - courtesy of Kari Johnson - Have Trunk Will Travel, Inc.

The elephant bill we are opposing, AB 3027, will be heard April 25th. It's not looking good for our side. Please send letters, call and e-mail your opposition to the bill as soon as possible. For those of you who had trouble opening the Public Safety Committee attachment go to www.assembly.ca.gov, click on Committee Directory then scroll down to Committee on Public Safety.

Posted by Buckles at 4/06/2006 07:31:00 AM

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I just had a thought. [watch out] I wondered if you know who has forbidden her elegroup from reading or commenting on this blog? Maybe she does not want the animal wrong people to read what fun and friendships we all have with each other and the real treatment of our animals. It just seems very strange that no one tries to pass their agenda here.

06 April, 2006 15:04
Anonymous said...

RE: AB 3027. I've been suggesting that in writing to the Committee, it's worth reminding them that this legislation is anti-conservation, shutting down successful programs active in captive reproduction. The same kind of programs -- and some of the same institutions -- that saved the California Condor from extinction. For the first time in a generation, along the California Coast this spring condors born in the wild of captive born parents released into the wild are mating and nesting. Ironic that the State trusted places like the San Diego Zoo to save the condor, but now if AB 3027 passes we're too assume that they can't be trusted with elephants.

Animal Liberation leads to extinction. It's as simple as that.

06 April, 2006 18:00
Anonymous said...

Ben,
That would make a great bumper sticker. "ANIMAL LIBERATION LEADS TO EXTINCTION"

06 April, 2006 19:54
Anonymous said...

AB 3027 is so vague, the Supreme Court couldn't figure out what it really allows and what it outlaws.

That leaves it wide open to causing false arrests, ruining reputations, destroying businesses over what might turn out (after a six-month investigation) to be competely acceptable, kind care.

No state will ever have a well staffed foster home system for elephants, so arresting a bunch of barn workers would leave the elephants with no one who knows them.

AB 3027 strikes through "a misdemeanor" and changes the phrase to "shall be unlawful," so they may be thinking jail time for using a chain (the same way you would use a dog leash for your dog, or might tether horses short-term to prevent them bullying each other during feeding hour).

If you can defeat this bill on the ground it is unconstitutionally vague, a whole lot of trashy, lurid, misleading testimony and demonstrations may never make it into the news.

Dutchess may be right, but it's safer to assume AR-radical strategists read every word here.

Slightly more than half the California lawmakers have to fear embarrassment in the higher courts more than they fear being accused of doing nothing, so they need to hear from lawyers they respect, as well as animal lovers.

A day late, and telling you things you already know. Thanks for spreading the word. Lotliza

07 April, 2006 13:15
Anonymous said...

If you think it's just California radicals, the great farm state of Nebraska has a stunner in the works. Conviction by tool shed.

"NE L.B. 1000 Elephants in Circuses" would make it a misdemeanor for anyone traveling with elephants to possess an ankus, bullhook, or SIMILAR DEVICE, a baseball bat or axe handle, block & tackle, blow torch, or leg chains (except for exactly as long as chains are required for a specific medical treatment). No kidding.

Carrying a baseball bat in the truck could brand you an elephant abuser, under this pending Nebraska law.

The text is on today's Humane Society (HSUS) web pages (and they support it). Again, this is too broad, too vague, could cause harrassment of innocent people. I know you all can read, so leave it to you.

Meanwhile, have you thought about long-handled feather dusters? or those colorful long foam wands sold for playing in swimming pools?

It would be nice if these experts would identify legal ways to offer guidance to large animals (considering some states require exotic animal trainers to carry a shotgun and be trained to use it), rather than accusing you of cruel, depraved intentions if you own ordinary tools needed to maintain vehicles and rig tents.

Can you imagine how easy it would be for a snake-in-the-grass to plant a forbidden hardware item on you? A broom handle, a shovel handle? "Similar devices" would prove what?

Overly broad wording has to throw out these proposed laws.

07 April, 2006 14:52
Anonymous said...

LB 1000, the Nebraska "bullhook bill" has, to the best of my knowledge, not been reported out of committee. The Nebraska Legislature adjourns for the year on Thursday April 13th. Strong opposition from rodeo groups may have stalled the legislation, I would hope.

Better to try stopping the CA bill in the Assembly, so it doesn't go to the Senate. The last elephant bill I can recall in the CA Senate did not reach a vote, but I don't think anyone should assume that 3027 is something that can battled in the Courts after the fact. Better to stop it before it becomes law.

07 April, 2006 15:52

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