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Senate advances House Bill 95 with grandfathering amendment after debate over raccoon and coyote pets
Summary
The Senate advanced House Bill 95—prohibiting the possession of raccoons and coyotes as pets—after a lengthy floor debate, adopting an amendment to grandfather animals already in captivity; the measure was placed on the third-reading calendar (17-6).
The Utah Senate moved House Bill 95 forward to the third-reading calendar after extended debate over public-health and wildlife risks and a floor amendment to grandfather existing captives.
Proponents from the Division of Wildlife Resources testified that raccoons and coyotes pose potential disease and ecological risks and recommended excluding animals already held in captivity from a future prohibition. Bob Hoschneger of the Division testified that "it would be our…
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