Colombia To End Use Of Animals In Traveling Circuses
Colombia To End Use Of Animals In Traveling Circuses
BOGOTA, May 9 (BERNAMA- NNN-CARIBBEANNEWS) -- The Colombian Senate's Fifth Committee has approved a draft bill to end the use of animals in traveling circuses.
The 8 to 1 committee vote (4 absent) sends the Bill to the plenary session and was welcomed by Animal Defenders International (ADI), following a six-year campaign after their undercover investigators exposed cruelty and suffering in Colombia's circuses.
Bill 244, 2012, introduced by Senator Juan de Jesus Cordoba and supported by Senator Camilo Sanchez, Rep. Hugo Velasquez, and president of the House of Representatives Augusto Posada, prohibits the use of animals in circuses. The Committee heard evidence from Eduardo Pena, ADI South America campaign coordinator and representatives of the animal circus industry.
Cordoba urged the Fifth Committee members to support the Bill, saying, "The passage of this bill would prevent the public health and safety problems triggered by animal circuses." The Bill has widespread public support as well as a number of Colombian public authorities, celebrities and organizations.
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