{"id":126100,"date":"2020-12-04T09:58:07","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T06:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/house-passes-tiger-king-bill-banning-privately-owned-big-cats\/"},"modified":"2020-12-04T09:58:07","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T06:58:07","slug":"house-passes-tiger-king-bill-banning-privately-owned-big-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/house-passes-tiger-king-bill-banning-privately-owned-big-cats\/","title":{"rendered":"#House passes ‘Tiger King’ bill banning privately-owned big cats"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#House passes ‘Tiger King’ bill banning privately-owned big cats<\/strong>”
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A new bill passed by the US House of Representatives would outlaw private ownership of big cats \u2014 potentially preventing any new \u201cTiger King\u201d successors from emerging.<\/p>\n

The law, which was dubbed the \u201cTiger King\u201d bill after the viral Netflix show of the same name, was passed by the US House of Representatives on Thursday with a 272-114 vote.<\/p>\n

The show\u2019s star, Joseph Maldonado-Passage, a.k.a. Joe Exotic, is currently serving 22 years in prison for various wildlife crimes, as well as a murder-for-hire charge.<\/p>\n

The bill takes explicit aim at those who would otherwise try to claim the vacant throne, beltway publication Roll Call<\/a> reports. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re bringing the\u00a0#BigCatPublicSafetyAct<\/a>\u00a0to end these practices up for a vote, and I\u2019m glad to have helped move it forward through our committee,\u201d tweeted<\/a> Democrat Jared Huffman, who was featured in \u201cTiger King.\u201d<\/p>\n

The law was first brought to the Natural Resources Committee\u00a0in September 2019, six months before Netflix debuted its documentary on the exploits of Maldonado-Passage.<\/p>\n

The Big Cat Public Safety Act \u2014 the bill\u2019s official title \u2014 would effectively ban the breeding and ownership of a big cat without a license from the US Department of Agriculture. <\/p>\n

The bill drew criticism from Republicans saying that it would hurt small, family-run operations. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis bill, contrary to what I\u2019ve been hearing so far, is not about protecting the public from big cats,\u201d Utah Representative Rob Bishop said during the brief floor debate. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is about hurting small, family-run zoos across the country. It is a power play of some kind.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other House Republicans said the bill is an attempt for House Democrats to ignore the ongoing suffering of small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnother week in Congress, another week of @SpeakerPelosi delaying relief to American small businesses and workers. What\u2019s on the agenda instead? Marijuana legalization and the \u201cTiger King\u201d bill,\u201d tweeted<\/a> Minnesota Republican Jim Hagedorn.<\/p>\n

Carole Baskin, a long-time rival of Joe Exotic who runs a big cat sanctuary in Florida, touted her involvement with the bill in a post on her website, writing that her current husband was on weekly calls with members of the coalition.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have a majority, with over 230 co-sponsors, but need a 2\/3rds vote to pass under suspension,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are rallying the tens of millions of supporters of our collective organizations to contact their members of Congress.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baskin is currently dealing with the fallout of an attack at her facility after one of her volunteers was bitten by a big cat Thursday.\n <\/p><\/div>\n