| | | Instantly Cool the Air Around You | CoolAir is a portable, compact air conditioner that uses evaporative cooling technology to keep you refreshed all summer long. Great for offices, nightstands, garages, and more. |  | | | Senator Susan Collins signed on to the bill last November, the first republican cosponsor. Three other Republican senators, including Richard Burr of North Carolina, have since joined Collins. The registrations would provide officials with valuable insight into who owns what and where ? potentially life-saving information in the event of, say, a tornado blowing through a tiger park. The ban on cub petting, though, is the most important part of the bill, as proponents believe it would disincentivize the breeding of big cats. Last year, the bill made it out of the Committee on Natural Resources in a bipartisan vote and could soon head to the House floor, where it has broad support. ?Law enforcement has enough problems trying to protect the public without having to run into a house where there might be a tiger,? said Harrison. Dozens of Republican lawmakers support it ? a party full of politicians, who, Harrison said, for the most part ?don't give a crap about cats.? For now, though, cub petting remains a lucrative industry. According to data compiled by a team of New York University researchers in 2016, at least 77 facilities across the country allowed interactions with exotic animals (about a quarter of those were with big cats). In a follow-up study in 2019, which focused specifically on tiger petting, those same zoos were still open. One operation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, run by Bhagavan ?Doc? Antle, charges up to $339 per person for tours and cub-petting sessions. Supporters of the Big Cat Public Safety Act believe that ending cub petting would go a long way toward stopping the trade of big cats altogether. ?Without ending public contact, you're not going to have sufficient incentive for all the fly-by-night exhibitors to stop breeding,? said Nasser. | |
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