This is a selection of everything that is going on legislatively for cats.
2024 Big Cat Bans Enacted 6/13/2024 HANOI, Vietnam–102 human rabies deaths in 29 administrative jurisdictions during 2023 have reportedly moved the city government in Hanoi, the national capital of Vietnam, to ban the dog and cat meat trade–coincidentally, almost on the eve of the annual dog-eating festival held toward the end of each June since…
Take Action Now to End the Exploitation of Big Cats in Circus Acts Hello, Big Cat Rescuers! 🐾 We’ve come a long way in our fight for the freedom and dignity of big cats, but the struggle is far from over. Today, we focus on an the below urgent issues that continue to tarnish our…
After passing the House of Representatives in July by a more than 2/3 bipartisan vote, we are thrilled to announce that today the Big Cat Public Safety Act passed the Senate unanimously. From here it goes to the President for signature.
Timeline of the Big Cat Public Safety Act The most important accomplishment by Big Cat Rescue and Howard and Carole Baskin has been the 20+ year effort to ban private ownership of big cats and end public contact with big cats and their cubs. The federal bill to achieve that was the Big Cat Public…
We’re proud to announce that Big Cat Rescue played a pivotal role in the passage of the Big Cat Public Safety Act on December 22, 2022. This monumental federal bill bans private possession of big cats and makes contact with big cats and their cubs illegal in the U.S. While this is a significant milestone…
The Big Cat Public Safety Act is now law! Public contact with big cats or their cubs became illegal on Dec. 22-2022 and private owners had until June 18, 2023 to register their cats with the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Only 17 did. The seventeen private owners who registered may keep the cats they…
10 Year Anniversary of the Zanesville Massacre Here we are on October 18, 2021 and Congress has still failed to enact the Big Cat Public Safety Act which was a bill we were calling for since the 90s and which would have prevented the tragedy known internationally, even a decade later, as the Zanesville Massacre. …
It wasn’t long ago (2013 or so) that paying to play with cute little tiger cubs, lion cubs or even liger cubs, was considered something people wanted to do and brag about, but now people know better…at least many people know better. If you have been sent to this page, after sharing your photo of…
Top 10 Tiger Facts 1. Poaching of tigers and their prey is driving decreases in tiger populations throughout their range, along with poaching of their prey and degradation of their habitat. 2. Inadequate law enforcement and residual demand for tiger products pose the greatest near-term threats to the survival of wild tigers. 3. Even talk…
Law enforcement should not be confronted with dangerous big cats! Federal legislation will end this problem. Your endorsement will help save lives, tax dollars, and law enforcement resources. For more information about this important issue or to submit an endorsement from your office, please contact Howard Baskin, (813) 505-5565, Howard.Baskin@BigCatRescue.org. The Big Cat Public Safety Act…