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San Francisco committee backs ban on performing wild and exotic animals
Summary
The Public Safety & Neighborhood Services Committee approved an amendment and advanced an ordinance banning non‑educational performances by wild or exotic animals to the full Board of Supervisors, citing animal welfare and public‑safety concerns raised by sponsors, departments and advocates.
Supervisor Katie Tang urged the committee to bar wild and exotic animals from performing for entertainment, saying the best way to send a strong message is to ban such shows in San Francisco. Tang told the committee that federal law — the Animal Welfare Act of 1966 — and similar safeguards do not adequately protect animals used by traveling circuses and other performers.
Virginia Donoghue, executive director of San Francisco Animal Care and Control, told the panel…
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