Animal Legislative Update - Oct. 27, 2025
from the desk of Vanessa Gagne
UPDATES
Animal welfare board urges standards for traveling animal acts; council directs staff to draft ordinance - Waco, Tx. If you would like to engage on this draft rule, please let me know. This is specifically targeting elephant acts.
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Judge demands owner turn over animals
https://augustafreepress.com/news/natural-bridge-zoo-judge-demands-owner-turn-over-giraffe-calves-or-go-to-jail/
IN THE NEWS
Animal rights group NYCLASS spends millions to ban horse carriages in Big AppleCalgary petting zoo temporarily closed after avian flu cases reported – GLOBALAnimal rights group plans Supreme Court appeal over rights of chimps in UP zoo
Right after NHRP lost their case in Michigan it filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania over the elephants at the zoo in Pittsburgh
Animal rights group demands release of Pittsburgh Zoo elephants









