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Dognapping Medical research organisations sought to change the bill by removing references to animals other than cats or dogs, saying that: "It would impose a well-nigh impossible burden to regulate traffic in fish, frogs, turtles, reptiles, birds and the many other mammalian forms used in laboratories."[15] The senate was reported to have received more mail on the dognapping bill than on bills related to the Civil Rights Movement or the Vietnam War.[16] During its introduction the bill was known as "The dognapping law"; once introduced, it became the Animal Welfare Act of 1966.[17]