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Bill Los Angeles CA  
Detail Cat   Action-Expired 
Detail April 5 hearing on Los Angeles performing animal ban 
Attachment   
Date 4/3/2017 
Body

The Los Angeles City Council is moving forward with efforts to enact a ban of all performing "wild and exotic" animals in the city (agenda item #16-1357).  If this ordinance passes, it will put an end to school outreach shows, circuses, birthday and private party appearances, and more.

A hearing on this ordinance is scheduled for April 5 at 8:30AM before the Personnel and Animal Welfare Committee.  Emails and phone calls in opposition are needed ASAP.  Please reach out to the full City Council and tell them you OPPOSE the performing animal ban, Item #16-1357.  Contact information is listed below and is also available at https://www.lacity.org/your-government/elected-officials/city-council/council-directory (including social media links).
 

Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter, and we will share updates on the status of this ordinance as information becomes available.

Los Angeles City Council:

Emails: councilmember.cedillo@lacity.org, councilmember.Krekorian@lacity.org,  councilmember.buscaino@lacity.org, councilmember.huizar@lacity.org, councilmember.ofarrell@lacity.org, councilmember.englander@lacity.org, councilmember.bonin@lacity.org, councilmember.wesson@lacity.org, councilmember.price@lacity.org, councilmember.harris-dawson@lacity.org, councilmember.martinez@lacity.org, paul.koretz@lacity.org, david.ryu@lacity.org, councilmember.blumenfield@lacity.org

Mayor Garcetti: mayor.garcetti@lacity.org

Main phone/City Hall information:  (213) 473-3231

City Council Website: https://www.lacity.org/your-government/elected-officials/city-council/council-directory  


Sample talking points:


The following are suggestions for your correspondence, but please use your own words, and you do not need to include every bullet point.  Please keep all correspondence respectful.


• Tell the Council members that you are OPPOSED to any measure that would prevent circuses and other travelling exhibitors with exotic animals from visiting Los Angeles.

• All circuses are required to have a United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) exhibitor’s license.  USDA conducts regular unannounced inspections of performing animals and their stable areas, and their inspection reports are a matter of public record.

• Circuses and other animal exhibitors are also subject to state and local animal cruelty laws and permit requirements in Los Angeles and the state of California.  Such regulations provide protection to all performing animals and allow for the prosecution of those who neglect or mistreat the animals in their care.

• Millions of American families support and enjoy traditional circuses with exotic animals, including many thousands who attend shows in Los Angeles.  It is wrong to deprive them of the right to choose to do so.

• Circuses and other traveling exhibitors with performing animals contribute to the local economies of the communities they perform in and support hundreds of jobs for local arena and other workers.

• If any animal is being mistreated in any environment, the right answer is to enforce existing laws and regulations to punish bad actors as opposed to punishing an entire industry and the public who enjoy circuses.

• Proponents of performing animal bans mischaracterize or misunderstand the facts about the training and handling of circus animals. Most of the organizations that advocate such bans do so as part of a larger, animal rights agenda which opposes all or most human interaction with animals.

 

 

 

 
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