Animal Legislative Update --August 25, 2026
from the desk of Vanessa Gagne
UPDATES
NY A 5850 that will ban the use of kangaroos and wallabies in animal performances with no exceptions save for AZA institutions. There is a coalition of NY facilities and businesses that ...
published: 8/25/2026
Animal Legislative Update --August 18, 2026
from the desk of Vanessa Gagne
UPDATES
Help us oppose the NY bill to end the giving away of live fish as prizes.Follow the link below to read the bill text.A11629
USDA APHIS comments on Animal Welfare Act bird rules ...
published: 8/18/2026
Animal Legislative Update --August 11, 2026
from the desk of Vanessa Gagne
UPDATES
Help us oppose the NY bill to end the giving away of live fish as prizes.Follow the link below to read the bill text.A11629
IN THE NEWS
Can Orange County prevent another Sloth ...
published: 8/11/2026
Animal Legislative Update --August 4, 2026
from the desk of Vanessa Gagne
UPDATES
A bill to end giving away live fish as prizes was introduced in NY last week. Follow the link below to read the bill text.A11629
IN THE NEWS
Bipartisan bill would block Trump ...
published: 8/4/2026
Animal Legislative Update --July 28, 2026
from the desk of Vanessa Gagne
UPDATES
Farm seeks veto on NYS bill banning certain traveling animal acts
USDA Announces Phased Reopening of Southern Ports for Livestock Trade
Oregon IP 28 won't be on ballot in ...
published: 7/28/2026
Animal Legislative Update --July 21, 2026
from the desk of Vanessa Gagne
UPDATES
Gov Pritzker signs performing exotic animal ban into law, adds big cats, bears, and primates.
The MA parrot sale ban has been left out of the agenda for the next committee and ...
published: 7/21/2026
Animal Legislative Update --July 7, 2026
from the desk of Vanessa Gagne
UPDATES
NY State implements import limits on domestic animals related to NWSW etc
IN THE NEWS
Roger Williams Park Zoo’s elephant trio to move to Tennessee ...
published: 7/7/2026
Animal Legislative Update --June 30, 2026
from the desk of Vanessa Gagne
Let Freedom Ring! Happy America 250!
What a wonderful week to celebrate our home and “the shining city on a hill" that is the American dream. May we all continue to work together to ...
published: 6/30/2026
Animal Legislative Update --June 9, 2026
from the desk of Vanessa Gagne
NEWS & UPDATES
New World Screwworm has been detected in a few more places here in the south - further into Texas and now New Mexico. It has crossed species into dogs. Remember that in ...
published: 6/9/2026
Animal Legislative Update --April 28, 2026
from the desk of Vanessa Gagne
UPDATES
This started off as a major alert in the zoo community - 31 sloths dead at one facility - and was quickly resolved once their congressman got involved, thank goodness. I spoke with ...
published: 4/28/2026
