Letter to the ABA regarding a Resolution Concerning Private Possession of Wild Animals

SUMMARY

The Animal Law Committee supports the resolution by the American Bar Association, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Report to the House of Delegates urging all federal, state, local and territorial legislative bodies and/or governmental agencies to enact comprehensive laws that prohibit the private possession, sale, breeding, import, or transfer of dangerous wild animals, such as big cats, bears, wolves, primates, and dangerous reptiles, in order to protect public safety and health, and to ensure the humane treatment and welfare of such animals (“ABA Resolution 105”).  Due to the inherent animal welfare and public safety concerns associated with the private possession of dangerous wild animals such as big cats, bears, wolves, primates, and dangerous reptiles, the Committee supports the adoption of ABA Resolution 105.