SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISHERIES, WILDLIFE AND OCEANS
1324 Longworth House Office Building
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
10:00 a.m.

LEGISLATIVE HEARING ON:

• H.R. 2964 (Johnson): To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under that Act, to make corrections in the provisions relating to captive wildlife offenses under that Act, and for other purposes. "Captive Primate Safety Act"
• H.R. 5534 (Grijalva): To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to bears illegally harvested for their viscera in the same manner as with respect to prohibited wildlife species, and for other purposes. "Bear Protection Act of 2008"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Gail Golab, Ph.D.
Director
Animal Welfare Division
American Veterinary Medical Association

Sian Evans, Ph.D.
Managing Director
DuMond Conservancy

Lewis ‘Skip' Wissinger
Criminal Investigator (Retired)
Shenandoah National Park

Ray Schoenke
President
American Hunters and Shooters Association

Matt Hogan
Executive Director
Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies

Jane Goodall, Ph.D.
DBE
Founder
The Jane Goodall Institute
UN Messenger of Peace

Panel II

Benito A. Perez
Chief
Law Enforcement
United States Fish and Wildlife Service

Wayne Pacelle
President and CEO
Humane Society of the United States

Steve Ross
Supervisor of Behavioral and Cognitive Research
Chair
AZA Chimpanzee Species Survival Plan
Lincoln Park Zoo