Is the govt sitting on its new animal laws?
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Last November the Thai legislature passed a major animal welfare bill. But as I understand Thai law, the bill has to be voted on three times (three readings) before it can go into effect.
I have contacted friends in the animal rights movement and spent hours on the Internet trying to find out what has happened to the bill since November. As far as I know, nothing has happened since then. This would not be the first time that the Thai legislature sat on animal welfare legislation until the bill became invalid.
Despite the Animal Welfare Act, baby elephants are still routinely being beaten and tortured for the benefit of the Thai tourism industry.
What has happened to the Animal Welfare Act? Why are elephants still being tortured? Can somebody connected to the bill please respond to these questions?
Eric Bahrt
Pattaya
