With his attempt to bring a Bigfoot hunting season to Oklahoma thwarted, State Representative Justin Humphrey is now turning his legislative focus to other top priorities, like making it easier to abuse elephants.
Humphrey – a famed Derplahoman who views women as "hosts", fears vaccine nanobots and puts BLM in the same category as the KKK – is the author of House Bill 3281.
Titled the "Endangered Ark Foundation Preservation Act," it sounds pretty innocuous at an uninformed first glance, claiming it will allow elephant handlers, trainers, etc., to use "free contact" and "protected contact" to "preserve the safety, health, and well-being of elephants in Oklahoma."
But, as is usually the case with crazy legislation crafted by Derplahoman lawmakers, it appears the opposite is true.
According to the Humane Society and local animal rights activists, the law will basically let our state's elephant owners use controversial devices called "bullhooks" – which are also have charming names like "elephant goad" and "ankus" – to force and terrorize the creatures into painful submission.
Here's a snippet from an Oklahoman editorial by elephant lover Christian Keesee: