PETITION CLOSED
PETITION TARGET: Senate Leader Rob Wagner, House Speaker Dan Rayfield, Governor Tina Kotek
UPDATE (11/4/2024): In a major victory for animals, Oregon has made it illegal to create, share, or possess videos of aggravated animal abuse. Governor Tina Kotek signed HB 4145 into law, and it takes effect January 1, 2025.
Lady Freethinker is grateful to the Oregon Legislature and Governor Kotek for taking this step to protect defenseless animals from cruelty. And we thank the nearly 39,000 supporters who signed our petition urging for the bill’s passage. —Lady Freethinker Staff
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Set on fire, drowned, and having limbs cut off — these are some of the ways that monkeys and other innocent animals continue to be tortured, mutilated, and killed through the creation and distribution of animal crush videos. Yet, shockingly, several states — including Oregon — do not have state laws against participating in or funding these heinous videos.
Now, proposed legislation in Oregon could help protect monkeys and other animals from being harmed in horrifically cruel manners for profit and entertainment.
Oregon State Rep. David Gomberg has introduced a bill that would add state laws against the promotion of animal torture videos, the funding of animal torture videos, and other crimes “concerning the visual displays of animal abuse.”
Gomberg’s legislation was introduced after an Oregon man was federally indicted for his involvement in conspiring to fund the overseas production of videos featuring innocent monkeys being gruesomely tortured. The case exposed that while Oregon state law prohibits animal torture, there is no state law to prohibit the production of videos of animal torture. This important legislation could close that loophole.
Animal torture cannot be tolerated — including possessing, financing, and promoting these violent videos.
Sign our petition urging Oregon lawmakers to pass the new bill toughening state laws against individuals who participate in, possess, finance, or promote animal cruelty videos for entertainment or profit.
