Rep. Abby Major says her bill has received a 'really good' response from colleagues.
State Rep. Abby Major of Armstrong County holds an alligator owned by Rep. Tom Jones of Lancaster County, right. Major is proposing a bill to increase the penalties for releasing exotic animals into the wild after at least two alligators escaped their owners in her district this past summer.A western Pennsylvania legislator whose district drew national attention for alligator sightings this past summer has a bill to try and curtail those problems.
The bill would increase the penalties for releasing exotic animals into the wild by making it a first-degree misdemeanor, which would be punishable by up to a $25,000 fine and five years in prison.
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