Mexican Senate bars use of wild animals in traveling shows

Source: EFE (Spain)

Mexican Senate bars use of wild animals in traveling shows

Published December 10, 2014/
EFE

Mexico's Senate has passed legislation that bars the use of wild animals such as primates and big cats in circuses and also prohibits traveling shows featuring marine mammals.

The Senate approved by a vote of 93-1 a series of changes to the General Law on Wildlife and the General Law on Ecological Balance and Environmental Protection to outlaw the use of wild animals in circuses.

Those amendments, which still must be given the green light by the Chamber of Deputies, prohibit the use of lions, elephants, primates and other species in circuses.

Violators face fines ranging from between 50 and 50,000 minimum monthly salaries.

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