LY member Shen Fu-hsiung, who was the bill's strongest supporter in the legislature, says that in order to get the law passed, animal welfare groups did make some concessions. For example, the Animal Protection Law does not explicitly prohibit circuses.
推動動保法通過最力的立委沈富雄表示，為了讓動保法儘快通過，保育團體也做了一些讓步，法條並未明文禁止人們舉辦馬戲團活動就是一例。