the possible PYTHON BAN is upon us,,,,

[RoyalVariations]

please help to secure our rights to own Ball Pythons and or Pythons. Please get involved and read carefully the information on USARK''s website.

N O W !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


thank you,,,,,,,,,,

[syvil]

Is this due to the baby that was killed? From what I understand he didn't have the proper aquarium with a lock on it and it had escaped earlier that night. Why punish everyone else because that guy was an idiot and irresponsible!

[mainbutter]

this was in the works before the kid was killed

[Elise.m]

this is due to the Burmese Python population in the Florida Everglades. For some reason, the entire nation and entire Python family has to suffer for this one regions problem. Stupid imo.

[Neal]

Wouldn't hurt for everybody to put their opinion in, and fax and call in aswell, but the law won't pass. The reason the law never passes because they are trying to ban such a wide varity of species, they have to fine tune it.

[Raptor]

It's better to be safe than sorry. While this law was in the works already, the death of the child jsut added fuel to the fire.

[rabernet]

Here is the full text of the alert:

HR2811 (House version of S373) Sponsored by Congressman Kendrick Meek (D-FL), will go to Mark-up (amendment) in a subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday the 28th, and then to the full committee on Wednesday the 29th. This bill has been called the Python BAN. If passed as written, it will BAN the IMPORT, EXPORT and INTERSTATE TRANSPORT of the entire genus python. Once it passes Mark-up it will go to a vote on the floor of the full House of Representatives. Anyone who doesn't believe that this is an immediate threat to the entire Reptile Community has their head in the sand. If the Reptile Nation does not wake up and take massive and decisive action right now we could lose ALL pythons.

USARK has worked hard and spent a lot of money to make sure the Reptile Nation has the best information available regarding the fate of our community. We make our positions clear and operate with complete transparency. We have no conflicts of interest. Our only allegiance is to the Reptile Nation. We are asking you to TAKE ACTION NOW to save this industry. No one else can do this for us. We hold our fate in our own hands. That is why we created USARK, to take control of our own destiny.

We have the best lobbyists, contacts and strategy to address the situation. This is not the time to panic or get angry. It is time for calm deliberate action. We need to engage in a massive phone and fax campaign on Monday the 27th. Get everyone you know to call. Spread the word to every forum and social networking site you frequent.

Phone & Fax Campaign: Monday July 27 (call & fax ALL Congressman at ALL numbers)

Congressman Kendrick Meek (D-FL)
Washington DC: phone 202-225-4506; fax 202-226-0777
Miami: phone 305-690-5905; fax 305-690-5951

Congressman Tom Rooney (R-FL)
Washington DC: phone 202-225-5792; fax 202-225-3132
Punta Gorda: phone 941-575-9101; fax 941-575-9103

Congressman Robert Wexler (D-FL)
Washington DC: phone 202-225-3001; fax 202-225-5974
Boca Raton: phone 561-988-6302; fax 561-988-6423

Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL)
Washington DC: phone 202-225-7931; fax 202-226-2052
Pembroke Pines: phone 954-437-3936; fax 954-437-4776

SCRIPT: My name is...... I want to register a NO on HR2811. If passed as written this bill will destroy thousands of Florida voters, their families and small businesses. There is not a shred of scientific evidence to support banning all of the different species in the genus python. Please amend the bill to address only the IMPORT of the Burmese Python. Thank you for your consideration.

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THIS MUST BE BIG!!! SPREAD THE WORD FOR MONDAY July 27th 2009!!!!!!

[Neal]

Oh definately do all you can do, i'm just saying that the law won't be passed. It never hurts to call and fax and mail letters. Always better to be safe than sorry.

[bsd13]

Oh definately do all you can do, i'm just saying that the law won't be passed. It never hurts to call and fax and mail letters. Always better to be safe than sorry.

I wouldn't assume anything. Especially with everyone still in knee-jerk reaction mode after that girl was killed in Florida.

[HypoPita]

*sigh* what on earth has crawled up these lawmakers hindquarterds about snakes all of a sudden. It seems like every week they try it again. We waste time on this junk when we could be dealing with orphaned homeless children and the like? really? I'll check out the site and do what I can...yet again.