On September 7 the Burlington, Vermont, City Council adopted an anti-circus ordinance that bans the public display of wildlife. This follows an earlier ordinance that prohibited the display of wildlife on property owned by the city.
The ordinance was largely the work of animal rights activist Gary Kowalski, who sits on the board of directors of the Vermont-based animal rights group Green Mountain Animal Defenders. Kowalski successfully pushed for a ban on public displays of wildlife on city-owned property earlier this year, and followed up that success by pushing a general city-wide ban on such acts.
In the end, 10 of the 14 members of the Burlington, Vermont, City Council voted for the new ordinance
The full text of the new ordinance can be read here.