In December 2017, HUMANE ACTION Pittsburgh successfully created and lobbied for the passage of the Bullhook Plus Ban that prohibits the use of bullhooks, electric prods, shocking devices, hacksaws, ankuses, baseball bats, axe handles, pitchforks, whips, sticks, muzzles, and other instruments capable of inflicting pain, intimidating, or threatening pain for the purpose of controlling the behavior of wild or exotic animals, including elephants, lions, tigers, bears, and monkeys, in the city of Pittsburgh.