Kim Basinger leads push to crack down on sales of stolen pets for research [View all]
Kim Basinger is diving into the role of an animal advocate, with the “L.A. Confidential” star calling on Congress to stop the Cruella de Vils of the world from stealing Americans’ pets.
The Academy Award-winning actor recently penned a letter to lawmakers — signed by more than 30 celebrities, including Billie Eilish, Ellen DeGeneres, Charlize Theron, Clint Eastwood and Courteney Cox, among others — urging Congress to pass the Pet Safety and Protection Act (H.R. 3187).
The bipartisan legislation introduced by Reps. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) and Chris Smith (R-N.J.) would require that dogs and cats used by research facilities come from licensed dealers, publicly owned pounds or shelters, breeders who raised or owned the animals for at least a year or places licensed by the Department of Agriculture.
“Just simply, it would protect stolen and abandoned animals from being sold for research experiments,” Basinger explained in an exclusive interview with ITK.
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