More snakes to join Burmese python on restricted list

[Bluebonnet Herp]

On Friday, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Director Dan Ashe is expected to announce new restrictions on the popular boa constrictor and four other large exotic constrictor snakes, making it illegal to import or sell them across state lines. The move comes three years after federal officials enacted the same ban on the Burmese, the voracious, fast-growing snake that got loose in South Florida and quickly gobbled its way across the Everglades.

http://www.miamiherald.com/news/loca...e12723206.html

[bcr229]

Figures they'd get the word before the official announcement tomorrow.

Damn.

[bigt0006]

:banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead:

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[artgecko]

So..... Now I'll be committing a felony if we ever move out of state and I want to take my BCA and BCI with me..... and I'll never be able to get a cool boa from an out of state breeder (so much for you junglow and tarahumara dreams). :/

This is outrageous... Just wait... Ball pythons will be next on the list.

[reptileexperts]

I literally don't want to live in America anymore if this holds true. What have we become. A nation where money talks from lobbyist and scientific knowledge falls on deaf ears which were paid to be such?

[anicatgirl]

I literally don't want to live in America anymore if this holds true. What have we become. A nation where money talks from lobbyist and scientific knowledge falls on deaf ears which were paid to be such?

Yup. My thoughts. Anyone living in a country happily accepting new herp loving residents?

[Daigga]

This is terrible and devastating news to the hobby... Isn't there anything we can do about this? Does this have to be voted on, or is this just going straight through?

So many people are about to get a huge chunk taken out of their livelihoods, this is just beyond awful...

[Stewart_Reptiles]

This is terrible and devastating news to the hobby... Isn't there anything we can do about this? Does this have to be voted on, or is this just going straight through?

So many people are about to get a huge chunk taken out of their livelihoods, this is just beyond awful...

This is not something new that popped out of no where.

Back in 2012 9 species were originally proposed in the "Constrictor Rule", only 4 were listed but the rest were being "reviewed", during that time USARK was actively trying to fight this, the last deadline for comments was in July last year.

[nightrainfalls]

what it was like to live in a free country? I do and the memory haunts me. When I was young I could go sledding at the hill behind my small towns Village Hall. Now it is illegal. $200.00 fine for a first offense. I used to be able to own any gun I wanted. I used to be able to own any snake I wanted. I used to be able to make decisions about my health care. It seems that ever since the 1990's, freedom has been disappearing in this country.

I am so tired of saying goodbye to my freedom one right at a time.



David

[bcr229]

This is terrible and devastating news to the hobby... Isn't there anything we can do about this? Does this have to be voted on, or is this just going straight through?

This is a chance to the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR's) which hold the weight of law. Congress gave each individual agency the authority to create its own regulations, which hold the weight of law.

Supporting USARK in its lawsuit is one way you can help, as they are going after the prohibition on interstate transport. The suit is ongoing in the federal court system, and it will be neither cheap nor fast to litigate.