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Committee approves bill requiring offer of adoption for healthy research dogs and cats
Summary
Senate Bill 85 would require research facilities in Colorado to offer healthy, safe dogs and cats used in research for adoption or transfer to rescues before euthanasia; committee adopted a technical amendment and sent the bill to the committee of the whole on a unanimous vote.
The House Health & Human Services Committee voted unanimously to advance Senate Bill 85 after sponsors and stakeholders agreed to a technical amendment moving reporting and oversight language to the Department of Agriculture.
Senate Bill 85 requires facilities that use dogs or cats in research to offer animals that are healthy and safe for adoption when the research ends. Facilities that run internal adoption programs may prioritize placing animals with internal adopters first; otherwise the animals should be offered to shelters or rescues. The bill also requires facilities to report annually on adoption and transfer counts and the receiving organizations.
Supporters said the bill is a modest, humane change that aligns Colorado with other states and existing federal…
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