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Originally Posted by bearhart

Also, what does "require a permit" really mean? For example, I was told the new one was pretty much just going to be something you had to pay for. But, when I asked about indigos, "requires a permit" seemed to mean there was no way I would get one.

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Indigos fall into another category all together. They are CITES protected animals and require a different type of permit.
So yeah, they are harder to get.

i don't know about texas law but here we aren't allowed to keep any native animals as pets, coons,squirrels,snakes etc

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Originally Posted by stangs13

Cue, will the permit be for non-venomous snakes too?

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Only the largest 5 :gj:

Your ball python and cornsnake are safe :D

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Originally Posted by MPenn

Indigos fall into another category all together. They are CITES protected animals and require a different type of permit.
So yeah, they are harder to get.

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I see. Thanks for the info!

Do you know of any good online references to these laws (or proposed laws) and the progress of the changes?

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Originally Posted by jeffjr464

i don't know about texas law but here we aren't allowed to keep any native animals as pets, coons,squirrels,snakes etc

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yes, that is a fairly common thing to see. I lived in Australia for several years and there every single native animal is protected. You're not allowed to kill stuff and you're not allowed to keep them as pets. The ironic part is that some of the native animals would make good pets while the accepted pets "cats, dogs, etc" have caused tons of damage to their relatively fragile ecosystem. Cats are especially bad in this regard. Many aussies consider cats a pest and will kill them like rats.

I never understood this thinking at all until I started learning about BP's and realized that a pet business involves so much W/C. I just wish that there was some effective way to allow native pets but prevent wild-catching. It would make so much more sense.