Illinois Dangerous Animals Act

[aschamne]

Here in Illinois there is a bill going onto the senate floor that would prohibit people from keeping the fish as well as other animals that the state deems dangerous. And the way the bill is worded, they can add more animals as they see fit. Here is a link to both the bill and the online petition to stop it.

http://www.lakecountyil.gov/Health/resources/Documents/Illinois Dangerous Animals Act.pdf

http://www.change.org/petitions/sto...m_source=share_petition&utm_term=friends_wall

 

[docturtle91b]

Ok yeah this law is messed up and ignorantly written. I just want to know the back story as to how prairie dogs got on there. It reminds me of that movie Fierce Creatures.

 

[J.Lake]

haha americans and there many laws governing life

 

[J.Lake]

Canada has tried some similiar bans. Our most populous province(its like a state) has banned pitbulls for several years. They are actually voting to get rid of this law soon. Turns out dog bites\attacks have not decreased.... go figure?

 

[MN_Rebel]

Ok yeah this law is messed up and ignorantly written. I just want to know the back story as to how prairie dogs got on there. It reminds me of that movie Fierce Creatures.

I believe the prairie dogs carried deadly diseases that is lethal for humans.

 

[J.Lake]

plague

 

[MN_Rebel]

I blamed on the Ohio zoo incident and Florida's biased FWC.

 

[Lusus_Naturae]

Ok yeah this law is messed up and ignorantly written. I just want to know the back story as to how prairie dogs got on there. It reminds me of that movie Fierce Creatures.

Back in the mid 90's when I lived in Chicago the local pet store I worked at jumped on the designer pet bandwagon and bought a bunch of farm raised prairie dogs and sold them as pets. I was in charge of cleaning their pens too. They weren't mean but not friendly either, they just ran as far away from where you were working as they could but if you cornered one they would snap at you. Once you had them you could hold them ok, but I think that was more because they were terrified and froze in defense, than that they liked it. I never remember one selling, but I know they did.

BTW signed it - no reason to ban so many crittiers - pet spiders, frogs, and fish? Really? Who is going house to house to enforce this anyhow?

 

[docturtle91b]

A pet store where I grew up had a prairie dog that was the owners personal pet. He was friendly. He would take treats from your fingers. Granted he was old and morbidly obese so maybe it was too much effort to run away? I think rebel is right about them being able to carry plague/infected fleas. But we have antibiotics now and it would seem easy to captive breed the little guys to eliminate that risk. Plus rabbits can carry Tularemia a which is a bigger risk and makes a much better bioweapon than plague.