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Committee advances bill increasing penalties for negligent or intentional release of exotic animals after river alligator incidents
Summary
House Bill 159, sponsored by Representative Major, was reported from the House Game and Fisheries Committee; the bill raises penalties for negligent or intentional release of nonnative or injurious fish and other exotic animals and increases penalties for unlawful importation of endangered or threatened wildlife.
The House Game and Fisheries Committee reported House Bill 159 from committee after a discussion led by the bill’s sponsor, Representative Major. The measure would amend Title 30 and Title 34 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes to increase criminal penalties for negligent or intentional release of exotic animals into the wild and to raise penalties for unlawful importation of endangered or threatened wildlife.
Representative Major, the bill’s sponsor, told the committee that her 60th District has experienced multiple incidents involving released exotic animals. She described multiple alligator sightings in the Kiski Manitou River — including one animal…
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