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This bill creates an exemption from current fur farm requirements for specific zoos that meet three criteria: (1) they are licensed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) as animal exhibitors, (2) they house animals owned by institutions accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA), and (3) they participate in the AZA Species Survival Plan. The Species Survival Plan is a cooperative breeding and conservation program designed to maintain genetic diversity and sustain healthy populations of endangered or threatened species in captivity. By adding this exemption to Minnesota Statutes section 97A.106, the bill provides special consideration for zoos that are actively engaged in professional animal conservation efforts, effectively allowing them to be exempt from certain regulatory requirements that would typically apply to fur farms. The bill specifies that this exemption becomes effective immediately after it is enacted.

Agriculture and Natural Resources

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=Senate&f=SF1864&ssn=0&y=2025