RED ALERT: HR511 Stop Python and Boa BAN NOW!

Folks - make these calls TODAY!!!!!!

Tomorrow will be too late. We need to make a respectful and LOUD noise!

Could we show up somewhere tomorrow? Make our presence really obvious.

Just finished all the calls.

Smith: Aide transferred me to a comment line for the Judiciary Committee, stating this would be the appropriate place to leave a comment on the bill, rather than for Smith himself.

Chaffetz: Is AGAINST the bill.

Everyone else was polite, interested, and took my information. We are having an impact, folks.

Gowdy needs more information. When I stated that studies had been done that contradicted the Constrictor Report, the aide wanted information on those studies. I did not have that available, but mentioned that there had been a study done in which the animals were kept in an outdoor pen over winter in SC, and died.

If anyone has direct references and information for those studies, please call Gowdy and give them the information--if you get an Aide who's not interested...try again, because someone there IS.

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Originally Posted by babyknees

Could we show up somewhere tomorrow? Make our presence really obvious.

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I am trying to do something local for today...

study on the python surviving in South Carolina

feds to ban trade on burms on pet product news

I couldn't find anything on the other snakes that are in this list. but this might be a good start to go somewhere.

Hoping everyone made their calls today! This would really suck to go through!

Anyone who is thinking "OMG I didn't call!! I wish I could!"... go ahead and call and leave a message. The office MAY check messages before the meeting tomorrow, so it can't hurt!

wow, one dasy notice- and i just find out at 840 at night- ill try and leave messages, but wow- what a noitice they gave.

well- i need access codes for them? I have no clue where to get them and can't make th e phone calls??

So...When should we know the ruling on this issue? I think I read that they are meeting on this at 10:00 AM? This totally stinks. My wife and I lived in OH for 5 years and recently moved back to PA...I couldn't imagine if this bill was in place then. To not legally be allowed to take our pets with us would make me sick! Or even worse...What if it does pass and we decide we want to move back to OH someday? We have to forfeit our pets to legally do so? What a disgrace to the American dream. :colbert: