CT Residents just got screwed!

Thanks USARK. I brought this pending legislation to your attention months ago. My voice was obviously ignored but yours was completely absent!
Effective March 1st, all of these animals are now banned in CT with no grandfather clause. Any of these animals have to be surrendered to the state on March 31st to the Dept of Energy and Environmental Protection who will be at Beardsley Zoo!

http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/regula...26/26-55-6.pdf

A member within the order Crocodylia (including, but not limited to,
alligator, crocodile and caiman)
A member within the family Elapidae (including, but not limited to,
cobra, coral snake, mamba, sea snake and sea krait),
A member within the family Viperidae (including, but not limited to,
copperhead, rattlesnake, cottonmouth, adder, viper, pit viper and night
adder)
Northern African python (Python sebae)
Southern African python (Python natalensis)
reticulated python (Python reticulates)
amethystine python (Morelia amethistina),
Green or common anaconda (Eunecus murinus)
yellow anaconda (Eunectus notaeus)
Bolivian anaconda (Eunectus beniensis)
A member within the genera Boiga, Thelotornis, Enhydris,
Dispholidus, Clelia, Rhabdophis, Hydrodynastes, Philodryas or
Malpolon (including, but not limited to, mangrove snake, false cobra,
cat-eyed snake, false water snake, African boomslang, vine snake,
twig snake and bird snake),
A member within the family Helodermatidae (including, but not
limited to, Gila monster and beaded lizard),
Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus)
water monitor (Varanus salvator)
black-throated monitor (Varanus a. ionidesi)
white-throated monitor (Varanus a. albigularis)
crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii)
Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
Spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata),
Eastern racer (Coluber constrictor)
Diamond-backed terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin),
Fowler’s toad (Bufo fowleri),
Northern dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus),
Gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor),
Eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)
Wood frog (Rana sylvatica)

Even my USDA exhibitor license is no longer valid because of the rules change. For me to keep anything, I need to meet these new requirements.

(A) Fifty programs or before 1,000 attendees within the first two years of possession of a Category One or Two Wild Animal, or, in the case of mammals, attaining a Class C license as described in subdivision (1) of this subsection; and
(B) Fifty programs or before 1,000 attendees in the third year of possession of a Category One or Two Wild Animal, or, in the case of mammals, attaining a Class C license, as described in subdivision (1) of this subsection, and in each calendar year thereafter
Maintains liability insurance of a least $1 million

$1 million? WTH That is ridiculous! So, you have ten days to get rid of .. how many animals?

4 of them so far.

Can't forget these are now banned as well.

any venomous species in the family arachnidea, including tarantulas and scorpions; and
any poisonous species in the family dendrobatidea, including poison arrow frogs.

tarantulas? seriously? They're harmless for **** sake!

Here is my post back in Nov in the USARK forum when I was notified by the DEP of the impending changes to the laws.

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=287079

Originally Posted by AGoodwin

tarantulas? seriously? They're harmless for **** sake!

Yeah. Chaco Goldenknee and Emperor Scorpion. Both make excellent presentation animals. Or at least they did.

wow! this is ridiculous. North Carolina made several changes a couple years ago and at the time it seemed horrible but looking at what all the other states are either doing or purposing things are looking pretty good here. wish some of the other states that are making all these ridiculous laws would look at some of the other states that have passed reasonable laws that are working just fine.

Another thing the DEP completely ignored is that dart frogs loose their toxicity in captivity. It comes from what they eat in the wild. When in captivity, they do not have access to that food source so they are nothing more than pretty frogs.

DEP ignores all logic and reasonable possibilities.