Why does more legislation need to be passed when there are already existing laws that protect public safety and animal welfare?
It doesn’t. This is not rational regulation that answers a real need, but a bill written by an extremist animal rights group from California (API) that also advocates feeding a vegetarian diet to your pets and opposes nearly all human contact with animals. We already have effective laws on the books about captive wildlife, and licensed facilities are overseen by a USDA inspector. The NCAZS fully supports rational regulation on captive wildlife that ensures public safety and animal welfare, but does not agree that animal rights activists from California should be allowed to push their vegan agenda into this state. Here are some examples from some of the relevant laws that are already on the books in our state to regulate captive wildlife and animals that pose a danger to the public.
