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by tigers9 on April 15, 2007
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bill details:
http://www.rexano.org/StatePages/OhioFrame.htm
hearing:
http://www.daytonsnewssource.com/template/inews_wire/wires.regional.oh/3211a1a1-www.daytonsnewssource.com.shtml
IN OHIO NEWS • MORE OHIO NEWS
Legislative schedule
April 14, 2007 12:23 EDT
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Legislative schedule for the House of Representatives and Senate for the week of April 16.
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WEDNESDAY, April 18
House Agriculture & Natural Resources
, Rm. 116, 8:30 a.m.
HB 45 EXOTIC ANIMALS -- To require persons who possess dangerous wild animals or exotic animals to obtain a personal possession permit and to establish requirements regarding the possession and care of dangerous wild animals and exotic animals. 1st Hearing - Sponsor
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RE: Ohio HB 45 hearing
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by tigers9 on April 20, 2007
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Just do the opposite what API is asking.I already updated Rexano Ohio page too
http://www.rexano.org/StatePages/OhioFrame.htm
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http://www.api4animals.org/actionalerts?p=1195&more=1
Action Alert:
Ohio Residents: Protect Exotic Animals and Your Community
Published 04/20/07
HB 45, a bill to regulate the future ownership of certain wild animals as pets, will be heard on Wednesday, April 25 in the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources. Your help is needed today and at the hearing to help ensure this crucial piece of legislation passes.
HB 45 will require persons who possess dangerous wild animals or exotic animals to obtain a personal possession permit. This bill also establishes requirements regarding the possession and care of dangerous wild animals and exotic animals.
The passage of this bill will benefit exotic animals and local Ohio communities.
If you live in Ohio, please call and write your Representative today and ask that he or she support HB 45. Also, please attend the public hearing on HB 45 next Wednesday, April 25.
Background
Ohio is 1 of only 11 states that currently have no regulations prohibiting private possession of dangerous wild animals. As a result, there have been serious incidents involving exotic animals in recent years, including the attack on a 4-year-old child by his grandfather’s bear, the mauling of woman by a neighbor’s escaped bear, the attack on a woman by her father’s pet lion, and the deaths of two men due to bites by venomous snakes kept as family pets.
HB 45 will change this and improve public safety, by limiting the future possession of large cats, wolves, bears, nonhuman primates, dangerous snakes, and other potentially dangerous wild animals.
To view the bill, click here click here.
How You Can Help
1. Call, fax, or email today and politely ask your Representative to support HB 45 and help protect exotic animals from the cruelties of the pet trade. If your Representative serves on the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, it is even more important that you contact him/her. A list of Committee members can be found at the end of this alert.
Here is some suggested general wording for your call or email:
“I am very concerned about the private possession of wild and dangerous animals in our state and support HB 45. Private possession of wild animals not only poses a public health and safety risk, but is inappropriate and inherently cruel to the animals. I urge you please to support HB 45 when it is offered for a vote on the House floor.”
Additional talking points can be found below.
To find the name and contact details of your State Representative, click here. Then enter your zip code. You will find contact details by clicking on the name of your Representative.
2. Attend the public hearing on this bill. Your attendance will help show House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources members that HB 45 has the support of community members.
When:
Wednesday, April 25, 8:30am
Where:
Room 116
State Capitol
77 S High St
Columbus, OH 43215
And remember to tell your friends and family in Ohio about this important legislation and how they can help.
Questions? Click here.
Thank you for all you do for animals!
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Talking Points
· Ohio is 1 of 11 states that currently have no regulations prohibiting private possession of dangerous wild animals.
· Potentially dangerous wild animals should not be kept as “pets.” These animals pose public safety and health risks to their possessors and to the community at large. By their very nature, these animals are wild and inherently dangerous and do not adjust well to a captive environment.
· Ohio has seen a number of serious incidents involving exotic animals in recent years, including the attack on a 4-year-old child by his grandfather’s bear, the mauling of woman by a neighbor’s escaped bear, the attack on a woman by her father’s pet lion, and the deaths of two men due to bites by venomous snakes kept as family pets.
· The American Veterinary Medical Association, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention all oppose private possession of certain dangerous wild animals.
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Members of the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee
Rep. Jim Aslanides (R) [Chair]
614-644-6014
614-719-6994 fax
district94@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Jeff Wagner (R) [Vice Chair]
614-466-1374
614-719-6981 fax
district81@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Tony Core (R)
614-466-8147
614-719-6983 fax
district83@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. L. George Distel (D) [Sponsor of the Bill]
614-466-1405
614-719-6999 fax
district99@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Dan Dodd (D)
614-466-2500
614-719-6991 fax
district91@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. John Domenick (D)
614-466-3735
614-719-6995 fax
district95@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Clyde Evans (R)
614-466-1366
614-719-6987 fax
district87@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Bob Gibbs (R)
614-466-2994
614-719-6997 fax
district97@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Bruce W. Goodwin (R)
614-644-5091
614-719-3974 fax
district74@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Sandra Stabile Harwood (D)
614-466-3488
614-719-3965 fax
district65@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Tracy Heard (D)
614-644-8010
614-719-3580 fax
district26@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Cliff Hite (R)
614-466-3819
614-719-3976 fax
district76@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Mark Huffman (R)
614-466-9624
614-719-0004 fax
district04@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Clayton Luckie (D)
614-466-1607
614-719-6967 fax
district39@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Jim McGregor (R)
614-644-6002
614-719-6959 fax
district20@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Mark D. Okey (D)
614-466-1464
614-719-3961 fax
district61@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Steve Reinhard (R)
614-644-6265
614-719-6982 fax
district82@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Allan R Sayre (D)
614-466-8035
614-719-6996 fax
district96@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. John M. Schlichter (R)
614-644-7928
614-719-6985 fax
district85@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Fred Strahorn (D)
614-466-2960
614-719-6940 fax
district40@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Peter Ujvagi (D)
614-644-6017
614-719-6947 fax
district47@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. Tyrone K. Yates (D)
614-466-1308
614-719-3587 fax
district33@ohr.state.oh.us
Rep. James J. Zehringer (R)
614-466-6344
614-719-3977 fax
district77@ohr.state.oh.us
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