USARK Public Comment/ 30 Day Extension
 

USARK Public Comment/ 30 Day Extension
Public Comment on the Proposed Rule Change by US Fish & Wildlife to add nine constrictor snakes to the Injurious Wildlife list of the Lacey Act closed at midnight last night. To everyone who took the time to comment... THANK YOU!!! This unprecedented and controversial rule making, if enacted, would devastate the Reptile Nation and set dangerous precedent for the future.

Never before has a listing of this nature been proposed for animals that are so widely held by the American public. The implications for ball pythons, leopard geckos and bearded dragons are ominous. Anyone who thinks this was about big snakes is dead wrong. This is about the ideology of powerful special interest groups, and an attempt to misuse the Lacey Act to end the ownership of all non-native animals in the United States. The nine constrictors are just a test balloon. The rule making process will begin in June to list ALL amphibians. Ornamental fish will not be far behind.

Click here to read USARK Public Comment: http://usark.org/uploads/USARK%20Pub...le%20USFWS.pdf

Public Comment Reopened
USARK’s request for extension of Public Comment on the proposed Rule Change by USFWS will be honored. We filed our request for a 90 extension at the end of April and were backed by two ranking members of congress. Although preliminary indications were that our request would be rejected, it is now confirmed that it will be honored. Another 30 day public comment period will be re-opened with a posting in the Federal Register late this week. If you are one of the many who did not make comment by the deadline last night, you may get a second opportunity!

This whole thing could very well end in a federal lawsuit filed by USARK against the US Fish & Wildlife Service. We have the facts and science on our side. USARK filed a 36 page Request for Correction under the Information Quality Act with the US Geological Survey regarding their report: Giant constrictors: biological and management profiles and an establishment risk assessment for nine large species of pythons, anacondas, and the boa constrictor. There is no longer any question about the problems USGS has with this poorly written report.

***The costs to engage in a lawsuit with USFWS will be considerable. Please consider donating to help the Reptile Nation defeat this proposed rule making. Even $5-10 will help. A more generous donation will help even more!

***(for some reason it says the comments are closed, it must take them some time to reopen?)***

It only take a moment to make a difference:

Go to: http://www.kill-rulechange.com/
Copy the text for one of the sample letters right off that page in to a WORD document
Go to: http://www.regulations.gov/search/Re...00006480abc25c
Fill in your NAME, CITY, COUNTRY, STATE and ZIP
On the right had side click 'browse' and locate the word document letter you saved, then hit attach and submit
That's it! Simple, easy and quick. We can all stand together and make our voices heard.
Thank you,
-April

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the comments are still colosed, another government trick. lol. good job to usark and everybody in the reptile community. were gonna win this. we should have a big say in this, isnt that what " WE THE PEOPLE..." means.

From what I understand, I think that there may be a separate page to comment on for the extension period. I could be wrong about that. Either way, USARK will let us know when we can make comment. Thanks for trying already though :)

hey i filled out ur paper work at the repticon show last sat. in maryland and made a donation can i still fill out online comments or can you only do one

Can't hurt to toss up another one!

Thanks for the support! :thumbsup: