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Bill would bar premature separation of captive wild mammals, ban deliberate hybridization
Summary
Senate Bill 1125, presented by Senator Boisco in substitute form, would prohibit removing captive wild mammals from their mothers before natural weaning except for veterinary medical necessity and would ban intentional hybridization of different wild mammal species or subspecies.
Senator Boisco presented Senate Bill 1125 in a substitute form that narrows the measure to mammalian wildlife. The substitute would make it unlawful to separate mammalian wildlife from their mothers prior to the natural time of weaning absent a written veterinary medical necessity, and would prohibit intentional hybridization of different wild mammal species or subspecies. The bill provides an exemption for facilities accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
The sponsor said the legislation responds to repeated…
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