Update (February 18, 2015): The House Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection significantly altered and weakened this bill from its original form. Read the original text here.
Bill Description:
This bill would require the disclosure of Animal Welfare Act violations in order to acquire a permit to import wild and exotic animals. It also prohibits the use, display, and performance of wild and exotic animals that have been confined in a mobile or traveling housing facility.[teaserbreak]
Background:
Read more about the cruelty inherent in using animals for entertainment here.
Take Action:
Hawaii residents, call or email your state representative, and urge him or her to support this legislation!
Read the full text and follow its progress here.