You are one step away from posting directly from Humane society.
I understand what you are reading, but you are actually not correct on it.
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Finally, it sought to buttress state laws already in existence for the protection of game and birds
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If it is illegal in x state, it makes it illegal to import from y state to x state.
Pythons are not illegal in Idaho, they are not illegal in Oregon. If you import a snake from Idaho, you are not violating state law. So lacey act does not apply.
And that is only in states with laws that ban exporting or importing.
To be clear on this. The lacey act only applies to states that have restrictions or bans in place. The law was made to support state laws.
The FWS is saying that they have the right to make up a ban and enforce it on the states. The states don't ban the animal, they do. And they have the right to force that ban on all states, regardless.
That is not remotely what the lacey act says or was intended. Now that I got you to read articles about it, do you understand.
States have the right to restrict or ban animals. The lacey act only enforces those bans on a federal to support the state bans. It can not just make up bans and enforce it everywhere.