I just got this e-mail from J&J reptiles, has anyone else heard of this?

DEAR FOLKS -

THE ATTACHED PIJAC ALERT is THE MOST SERIOUS THREAT to the pet industry
-and this is on the NATIONAL level -I HAVE EVER SEEN! It would put Segrest Farms
Inc and every single importer of fish, coral, reptiles, birds, and small animals

OUT OF BUSINESS, as well as all the pet shops that but these animals!

Our good buddies, the Humane Society of the United States and The
Nature Conservancy, are part of a coalition pushing HARD for adopting this
terrible and ridiculous bill without amendments!

PLEASE read carefully! PLEASE e-mail, call and fax the legislators on the
Subcommittee listed, and let them know that this would completely annihilate
an entire industry! Every importer, every pet shop, and millions of
employees OUT OF BUSINESS and WORK. Not to mention the lost of tax dollars
to the government on all those businesses and employees! And the public
wants and needs pets! Refer to PIJAC's talking points.

SEND THIS E-MAIL TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW, or fax as necessary!

Sandy Moore
Segrest Farms Inc

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Subject: Re: FW: URGENT - Congressional Hearing April 23 - FEDS to BAN
NONNATIVE SPECIES - ACTION NEEDED!

We need everyone in industry -- owners, employees, wives, ex-wives.
children, illegitimate children, rabbis, priests, ministers, imams,
competitors, friends and enemies to be part of grass roots effort. Real
agenda is masked under guise of environment for number of groups such as
HSUS.
Please circulate attached revised PetAlert (includes hyperlinks not in
last nights version) to all of your customers. Thanks
Marshall


> ON April 23rd 2009 The Natural Resources Committee of the U.S. Congress
will
> hold a hearing on H.R. 669, a resolution that will in effect ban
> importation, interstate transport and the private ownership of most birds,
> mammals, reptiles, and fish as pets. Should HR669 be adopted as written
only
> the following nonnative animals
> would be allowed:
>
> any cat (Felis catus)
> cattle or oxen (Bos taurus)
> chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus)
> dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
> donkey or ass (Equus asinus)
> domesticated members of the family Anatidae (geese)
> duck (domesticated Anas spp.)
> goat (Capra aegagrus hircus)
> goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus)
> horse (Equus caballus)
> llama (Lama glama)
> mule or hinny (Equus caballus x E. asinus)
> pig or hog (Sus scrofa domestica)
> domesticated varieties of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus)
> sheep (Ovis aries)
>
> Should this resolution be adopted into law as written it will have a
> devastating impact on every pet owner and business in the United States.
> Action is needed TODAY to protect your rights to keep your pets! To find
out
> what you can do to protect your pets please click on the link below.
Please
> note that the linked PIJAC PET ALERT requires that you have Adobe Acrobat
> installed. More info will follow as it becomes available...
>
>
> http://banner.pethobbyist.com/spclick.php?id=438