Response from US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand about Captive Primate Safety Act
This is a response from US Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to Pramoda Chitrabhanu concerning the Captive Primate Safety Act... August 27, 2014 Dear Ms. Chitrabhanu, Thank you for contacting me regarding the Captive Primate Safety Act. This legislation would amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add nonhuman primates to the definition of "prohibited wildlife species" for purposes of the prohibition against the sale or purchase of such species in interstate or foreign commerce. I share your [Read more...]