This year has seen landmark improvements for animals in Bolivia. First, the country banned traumatic military exercises on animals. Then Bolivia banned animals from performing in circuses. Now, three celebrities are coming together for a video supporting a comprehensive animal protection law. If the law is approved by the Bolivian congress, it will spare millions of animals from being hit with hammers in slaughterhouses, locked in severely overcrowded laboratory cages and infected with painful diseases, and transported for more than 16 hours in filthy transports trucks without food or water, among other horrors.
In the video, singer Vero Perez, national television reporter Angel Careaga, and late-night talk show host John Arandia join forces with animal protection organization Amor Por Los Animales Bolivia (APLAB) to urge the government to approve this law.
Earlier this month, APLAB and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) successfully got 14 prominent singers, filmmakers, and intellectuals to send letters to Bolivian president Evo Morales in support of the animal protection law. Included in this esteemed list are musicians Bajo Tierra, Quirquiña and Wara, noted journalist and writer Paulovich, and filmmaker Marcos Loayza, among others.
APLAB president, Ana Serrano Revollo, says: "We are asking the Bolivian government to act immediately to adopt the Draft Law on Animal Protection and Welfare through letters to our President Evo Morales."
The Bolivian Chamber of Deputies is scheduled to vote on the law this week, after which it will be considered in the Chamber of Senators.
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