“Applying and enforcing existing standards is a far preferable avenue than banning and stigmatizing half of an entire species and the communities that keep them, imposing onerous requirements on keepers, and jeopardizing the good work done by rescuers all over the city every day,” said Julia Magnus, general counsel of The Chicago Roo Crew, a rooster rescue and advocacy group. Illinois’ Humane Care for Animals Act, she said, is among the most protective in the nation.