A couple of notes of clarification on the NY situation:
- NY state already banns private ownership of hots and any crocodilians, so no new legislation is needed to control these species.
- The original version of this legislation banned only the 4 largest pythons species and anacondas. There were some last minute revisions before passage, and this section was, according to a staffer at the sponsoring legislators office, left out by accident....
She claims that since the bill already passed the house and senate they will have to introduce a new bill to make this and a couple of other minor corrections..... She seemed aware that this was a big error...
Hopefully, though, we can convince Pataki to veto the whole thing!!
Bruce Lowder
NY Reptile Expo
www.reptileexpo.com