New Lacey Act Amendments

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This is incorrect. The amendment does away with the Lacey Act injurious species list and it will be replaced with a "white list" of approved animals. Anything not on the white list will be deemed injurious and thus not importable or transportable across state lines.

I've heard that from credible sources, but I don't agree. The amendment to section (a)(1) gives the Secretary the emergency power to add a species to the injurious species list. That doesn't make sense if there is no injurious species list. Furthermore, section (d)(1), added by another amendment, refers to the (a)(1) injurious species list. Again, this wouldn't make sense if there isn't an injurious species list. I do agree that these amendments are potentially disastrous to the exotic pet community.