USARK & Reptile Nation Save 5 of 9 species from FWS Constrictor Rule!

Please excuse any ignorance in this question but this ruling includes Royal/Ball Pythons in the North African Pythons, right?

Terri

Originally Posted by Terri Bienkowski

Please excuse any ignorance in this question but this ruling includes Royal/Ball Pythons in the North African Pythons, right?

Terri

No, just the northern and southern sub-species of the African Rock Python (Python sebae) -- not all pythons that originate in Africa, thank goodness!

Thanks for the clarification!

Terri

Originally Posted by Terri Bienkowski

Please excuse any ignorance in this question but this ruling includes Royal/Ball Pythons in the North African Pythons, right?

Terri

That is a very good question because I don't see any of the scientific names listed in this notice from USARK.

As of now the Constrictor Rule, when enacted, will BAN the IMPORT and INTERSTATE TRANSPORT of the following 4 species: Burmese python, Northern African python, Southern African python and yellow anaconda.

If the law was written without using scientific names, there is a big loophole that the government could exploit to screw over anyone who owns a python that originated in Africa. By the same token, people could fight the burmese python part of it since there are really only Myanmar pythons in the trade right now.

USARK, was the scientifc name clarified to prevent loopholes?

not to mention they have south af rocks on the list python natalensis. who do you know that owns one of them. it was a waste of ink to even write them in.

I don't see scientific names here.

http://www.fws.gov/invasives/news.html

i hate to tell everyone this but i think it would have been better if all he snakes were left on the list. we will have to take it to court now and if they had listed a bunch of snake unnecessarily it would have been more ammo to discredit the ban altogether but since usark is think fighting and compromise is the same thing this is what we get.

all you people that have so much faith in usark why arnt they here of all days to talk to the people they claim to represent.

i am glad my retics didnt make the list though guess its a good thing me and andrew keep the same kind of snakes

Originally Posted by rodneynboalich

all you people that have so much faith in usark why arnt they here of all days to talk to the people they claim to represent.

You may have the time to post all day every day, but most people don't, not to mention people involved with USARK right now. Why don't you try giving 'em a bit more time to respond than 9 hours?

My heart goes out to all the folk who are going to get burned by this.

I also recall several years ago getting a lot of shit on the forums because I warned that all the publicity about the Burms on the Glades would escalate this. People, we did this to ourselves, and I fear the end of it is not in sight.

It occured to me that by not listing the other big snakes, there will still be "bad Boys" for the government to seek to protect us from. There will now be some nice test animals for implimenting future restrictions.

Respond with agenda objectives and dodge direct questioning?
5 years have pasted,is that plenty of time to wait for a response?

Originally Posted by R. Eventide

You may have the time to post all day every day, but most people don't, not to mention people involved with USARK right now. Why don't you try giving 'em a bit more time to respond than 9 hours?