Illinois · Criminal Code of 2012 (720 ILCS 5)
720 ILCS 5 § 48-11: Unlawful use of an elephant in a traveling animal act
What this law says, in plain English
It is illegal to knowingly allow endangered African or Asian elephants to participate in traveling animal performances using mobile housing. The statute does not apply to permanent facilities.
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