Quote Originally Posted by snake lab View Post
I understand what you are saying about it would be a lawsuit against the federal govt. If you dont think for a second that the hsus bankrolled this venture your crazy. A win in federal court would be a win against the hsus. No pitchforks here. I have been involved with the dc federal court on many lawsuits as a fraud investigator in the commercial insurance industry. I know not the same thing but i have seen my fair share of federal lawsuits and it is not an easy thing without support. In a lawsuit you can point all the fingers to facts that you want but an organization such as hsus (which is directlly involved) will have their bases covered. All im saying is its not just that easy to say im going to sue the govt because they were wrong. They are wrong more then half the time but they are the govt. We are an industry dealing with alot of peoples worst fears. Snakes are not like a dog or a cat. The hsus agenda is clear. They arent going to budge. They are in bed with peta and the usfws. It is clear what they want. They want all the big snakes banned. If they get their way you might as well kiss the reptile industry goodbye. They will never put an ownership ban nationally in place cause what would people do with the animals? Let em go? Kill em? Black market? Who knows. Here is what the stance of the hsus is in case some people dont understand exactly how radical their beliefs are. This is from their site.
Well, first, despite what is being rumored, the other 5 species will be hit by a future rule change.

A petition still won't change that..........and HSUS still won't be the agency that bankrolls the Feds. The challenge to the rule change will NOT be levied against HSUS but against the USFWS.

The "law suit" will come down to a challenge of the validity of the data that was the basis of the rule change and the procedures followed by the USFWS.

Nothing more, nothing less.

All the rest of this is a waste of energy.

Everyone needs to educate themselves on what happened and what happens when you challenge an amendment or rule change to the Lacey Act.

Between the multiple worthless petition threads, the misinformation being spread about the "ban" and how to challenge it, and the ridiculous claims of some sort of partial victory, our little group looks really, really messed up.