I Approve of Most of H.R. 669

[Freakie_frog]

I cant dont see how this bill will effect our rondents that wee feed to our snakes(I can see ASF going out the window), most rats we feed to snakes is the common Brown Rat which is a native species to all of North America. And as for ASF, there is a good reason why there outlawed in some states as it is, there an aggressive feed and breeding species So I cant even imagine are snakes or even reptiles starving to death, even taking into consideration that all reptile food is for the most part common Mammalia which is found in America itself.

First of all it doesn't say "in the Pet trade" it says at all. This means even those non-native animals that are bred or imported of food, and since the bill doesn't specify alive or processed it means you can even buy crab, shrimp, tuna.

Because if its illegal to own non native snakes then there is no reason to breed rats for a feeder business. So business' close people loose income, houses get foreclosed.

On top of that think of the people that supply the bedding for the feeder company they now take a huge hit every month. This means that they can't afford to pay a couple of employees. So avian family suffer

Think of Purina all of the different types of food they make if now they can't make anything but for native animals in the pet trade.

Think of places like Petsmart and Petco that will have to totally do away with buying supply's for exotics.

Vets that specialize in reptiles or exotics like Scott Stahl no longer have a job.

People need to wake up and understand that if 1/3 of the animals on that list are banned this country will never recover. Pet ownership and the ability or possess and breed or transport nonnative animals is a huge portion of the American economy.

It just so happens that Pets are the part of our economy that have suffered the least in this recession.