The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, led by Del. Madeleine Z. Bordallo (D-GU), will hold a legislative hearing on the following bills:

• 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)

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans
Legislative Hearing on H.R. 2964 and H.R. 5534

When:
Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1
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 2
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 and, Chair, AZA Chimpanzee Species Survival Plan, Lincoln Park Zoo