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PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS IMMEDIATELY!
The Honolulu City Council plans to once again debate and vote on a bill that directly targets the aquarium trade. Animal rights activists have targeted the marine aquarium trade in Hawaii and have found a champion in the Honolulu City Council. The core of Bill 66 (2020) remains the same as the one attempted in on Hawaii County in 2015, with substantial and onerous reporting requirements added for good measure. Since the animal rights community has a long history of never letting facts or reason get in the way of an emotional argument, we need to make our voices heard.
The proposed Bill 66 (2020):
PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMITTEE MEMBERS IMMEDIATELY!
The Honolulu City Council plans to once again debate and vote on a bill that directly targets the aquarium trade. Animal rights activists have targeted the marine aquarium trade in Hawaii and have found a champion in the Honolulu City Council. The core of Bill 66 (2020) remains the same as the one attempted in on Hawaii County in 2015, with substantial and onerous reporting requirements added for good measure. Since the animal rights community has a long history of never letting facts or reason get in the way of an emotional argument, we need to make our voices heard.
The proposed Bill 66 (2020):
- Defines common and humane best practices as “causing injury” and “inhumane”. Specifically, it forbids the practices of deflating a fish’s swim bladder, trimming spines, or withholding food for over 24 hours. All of these practices are well established and humane methods of protecting the health of fish during transport with substantial scientific study validating their effectiveness. They are specifically designed to take advantage of the lack of expertise regarding the difference between fish and warm-blooded mammals amongst policy makers to engender a misplaced sympathy.
