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Please make calls TODAY and MONDAY to the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee's Chair and Vice Chair:
Urge them to vote NO on SB 1212!
Chair Josh Becker: 916-651-4013
Vice Chair Kelly Seyarto: 916-651-4032
A dangerous bill was introduced, SB 1212 (Jones) which would roll back critical wildlife protections.
This bill would exempt kangaroos from California’s ban on the sale of wildlife parts and products, reopening our state to the commercial trade in kangaroo skins and meat.
Kangaroos are shot in the wild, mostly at night, in a commercial hunt that is a heinous act of cruelty. Even the Australian government’s own code of practice acknowledges that not all kangaroos are killed instantly and require multiple shots, while the joeys (baby kangaroos) are clubbed to death or left to die alone.
As you may remember, we sponsored AB 273 (Gonzalez) and AB 1260 (Maienschein) in 2019, landmark laws that strengthened California’s ban on wildlife products, which include kangaroos. SB 1212 would undo that progress.
This bill would reverse that leadership.
If passed, SB 1212 would:
- Reopen California’s market to kangaroos parts
- Set a dangerous precedent for weakening wildlife protections
- Undermine California’s ethical leadership
At a time when biodiversity is in crisis and Californians strongly support animal protection, we should not be reopening markets for wildlife products.
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