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I just got an email from Elaine Hinsch at the Wildlife Division of the DEP in CT.

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Please see attachment for the Notice of Availability regarding proposed regulations entitled: Importation, Possession or Liberation of Wild Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians and Invertebrates.

This is NOT good news.
CT is trying to pass the strict regulations again that failed back in Feb.

79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106-5127
www.ct.gov/deep
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer
Connecticut Department of
ENERGY &
ENVIRONMENTAL
P ROT E C T ION
NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY
November 16, 2011
Pursuant to Section 4-169(d) of the Connecticut General Statutes, the Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection (DEEP) hereby gives notice of the addition of a new section 26-55-6
which replaces section 26-55-2 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies to be submitted
for consideration and approval by the Legislative Regulations Review Committee. A Notice of
Intent to amend this regulation was published in the Connecticut Law Journal on January 11,
2011. The public hearing was held on February 15, 2011 and the public comment period was
held open until March 1, 2011.
The proposed amendment as authorized pursuant to Section 26-55 of the Connecticut General
Statutes is to add a new section which effectively replaces section 26-55-2 of the Regulations of
Connecticut State Agencies and address the importation, possession and liberation of wild birds,
mammals, reptiles, amphibians and invertebrates. More specifically, the amendment will: 1)
establish lists of wild animals that, due to their inherent threat to public health and safety may not
be imported or possessed in Connecticut except by organizations like zoos, aquaria, laboratories,
research facilities, municipal parks, museums, nature centers, exhibitors or, for purposes of care
and treatment, veterinarians, 2) establish a list of wild animals that, due to their inherent threat to
agricultural crops or native plants and animals, may not be imported into Connecticut except by
zoos, aquaria, circuses, laboratories, research facilities, municipal parks, schools, museums,
nature centers or exhibitors, or as otherwise provided for pursuant to state law, 3) establish that
importation, possession or liberation of wild animals defined as endangered, threatened or of
special concern under state law shall be subject to permits issued by the commissioner, 4) add
definitions for domestic animal, wild animal, hybrid animal, import, zoo, aquarium, circus,
laboratory, research facility, municipal park, museum, nature center, exhibitor, school and
veterinarian for purposes of this amendment, 5) establish permit duration and revocation
standards, 6) establish explicit criteria for what constitutes a museum, nature center and
exhibitor, 7) establish requirements for notification in the event of wild animal escape, and 8)
establish wild animal disease reporting and prevention requirements.
Copies of the summary of public hearing comments, the principal reasons in support and in
opposition to the intended action, and the final wording of the proposed regulations are available
for viewing on the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection’s web site
(http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?A=2586&Q=471192); or by contacting the Department at:
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Bureau of Natural Resources
Wildlife Division
79 Elm Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06106
Phone: (860) 424-3011

http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/public...regs132011.pdf

Section 1. (NEW) Sec. 26-55-6. Importation, Possession or Liberation of Wild Birds,
Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians and Invertebrates
(a) Definitions. As used in section 26-55-6 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) “Aquarium” means a facility accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, or
the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums;
(2) “Category One Wild Animal” means any wild animal, any gametes, and any hybrid
thereof, as follows:
(A) That is, not withstanding changes in taxonomic nomenclature:
(i) All members within the family Felidae (including, but not limited to, lion,
leopard, cheetah, jaguar, ocelot, jaguarundi cat, puma, lynx and bobcat)
except Bengal cat pursuant to CGS section 26-40a;
(ii) All members within the family Canidae (including, but not limited to,
wolf and coyote);
(iii) All members within the family Ursidae (including, but not limited to,
black bear, grizzly bear and brown bear); and
(iv) All members in the family Hominidae (including, but not limited to,
gorilla, chimpanzee and orangutan) except those imported or
possessed before October 1, 2009 and that weigh less than 35 pounds
at maturity.
(3) “Category Two Wild Animal” means any wild animal, any gametes, and any hybrid
thereof, as follows:
(A) That is not a Category One Wild Animal; and
(B) That is, not withstanding changes in taxonomic nomenclature:
(v) A species referenced as injurious wildlife in 50 CFR 16.11-16.15;
(vi) All members within the family Elephantidae (including, but not limited to,
African elephant);
(vii) All members within the order Primate (including, but not limited to,
capuchin, macaque, lemur and marmoset) except those imported or
possessed before October 1, 2009 and that weigh less than 35 pounds
at maturity;
(viii) Wolverine (Gulo gulo);
(ix) All members within the family Hyaenidae (including brown hyaena,
spotted hyaena, striped hyaena and aardwolf);
(x) All members within the genus Dendrolagus (including tree kangaroos);
(xi) All members within the genus Dorcopsis (including dorcopsis and
New Guinea forest wallabies);
(xii) All members in the genus Dorcopsulus (including lesser forest
wallaby);
(xiii) All members in the genus Lagorchestes (including hare-wallabies)
(xiv) All members within the subgenus Osphranter (including red
kangaroo);
(xv) All members within the subgenus Macropus (including gray kangaroo)
(xvi) All members within the genus Onychogalea ( including nail-tailed
wallabies);
(xvii) All members within the genus Petrogale (including rock wallabies);
(xviii) Within the genus Setonix (quokka);
(xix) All members within the genus Thylogale (including pademelons);
(xx) Within the genus Wallabia (swamp wallaby);
(xxi) All members within the family Viveridae (including, but not limited
to, civets, genets, binturong, linsangs);
(xxii) All members within the family Herpestidae (including mongooses,
meerkats);
(xxiii) All members within the family Dasypodidae (including armadillos);
(xxiv) All members within the family Mephitidae (including, but not limited
to, striped skunk);
(xxv) All members within the family Procyonidae: (including, but not
limited to, common raccoon);
(xxvi) All members within the suborder Suiformes (including, but not limited
to, wild boar, warthog, hippopotamuses, and peccaries);
(xxvii) All members within the order Chiroptera (bats);
(xxviii) All members within the family Rhinocerotidae (rhinoceros);
(xxix) All members within the genus Cynomys (including, but not limited to,
black-tailed prairie dog), except those imported and possessed before
June 11, 2003;
(xxx) All members within the order Rodentia, except for guinea pig (Cavia
porcellus), gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus), chinchilla (Chinchilla
lanigera), rat (Rattus norvegicus), mice (mus musculus), hamster
(Mesocricetus auratus), and dwarf hamster (genera Phodopus and
Cricetulus);
(xxxi) Mute swan (Cygnus olor), except a captive-reared mute swan that shall
be pinioned to prevent escape into the wild;
(xxxii) Muscovy duck (Cairina moschata);
(xxxiii) Wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo);
(xxxiv) Monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus);
All members within the order Crocodylia (including, but not limited
to, alligator, crocodile and caiman);
(xxxvi) All members within the family Elapidae (including, but not limited to,
cobra, coral snake, mamba, sea snake and sea krait);
(xxxvii) All members within the family Viperidae (including, but not limited
to, copperhead, rattlesnake, cottonmouth, adder, viper, pit viper and
night adder);
(xxxviii) Northern African python (Python sebae), Southern African python
(Python natalensis), reticulated python (Python reticulates) and
amethystine python (Morelia amenthistina);
(xxxix) Green or common anaconda (Eunectus murinus), yellow anaconda
(Eunectus notaeus) and Bolivian anaconda (Eunectus beniensis);
(xl) All members within the genera Boiga, Thelothornis, Enhydris,
Dispholidus, Clelia, Rhabdophis, Hydrodynastes, Philodryas and
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);
(xli) All members within the family Helodermatidae (including Gila
monster and beaded lizard);
(xlii) Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus), water monitor (Varanus salvator),
black-throated monitor (Varanus a. ionidesi), white-throated monitor
(Varanus a. albigularis) and crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii);
and
(xliii) Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis).
(4) “Category Three Wild Animal” means any wild animal, any gametes, and any hybrid
thereof, as follows:
(A) That is not a Category One or Category Two Wild Animal; and
That is, notwithstanding any changes to taxonomic nomenclature:
(i) All members within the family Cervidae (including, but not limited to
the, white-tailed deer, elk, red deer and sika);
(ii) American beaver (Castor canadensis);
(iii) Southern red-backed vole (Clethrionomys gapperi);
(iv) All members within the genus Glaucomys (including northern flying
squirrel and southern flying squirrel);
(v) All members within the family Mustelidae (including, but not limited
to, short-tailed weasel, long-tailed weasel, mink, fisher, otter and
marten);
(vi) Nutria (Myocastor coypus);
(vii) All members within the family Cricetidae (including muskrat and
round-tailed muskrat);
(viii) Harbor seal (Phoca vitulina);
(ix) Within the order Anseriformes (including American black duck, lesser
scaup, greater scaup, canvasback, long-tailed duck, hooded merganser

white-winged scoter, black scoter, surf scoter and common
merganser);
(x) Ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus);
(xi) Within the order Apodiformes (including chimney swift and rubythroated
hummingbird);
(xii) Within the order Charadriiformes (including spotted sandpiper;
sanderling, semipalmated sandpiper, willet, American woodcock,
ruddy turnstone and black skimmer);
(xiii) Within the order Ciconiiformes (including great blue heron, green
heron and black-crowned night-heron);
(xiv) Belted kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon);
(xv) Within the order Cuculiformes (including yellow-billed cuckoo and
black-billed cuckoo);
(xvi) All members within the order Falconiformes (including Cooper’s
hawk, northern goshawk, red-shouldered hawk, broad-winged hawk,
osprey and rough-legged hawk);
(xvii) Red-throated loon (Gavia stellata);
(xviii) Within the order Gruiformes (including Virginia rail, clapper rail and
sora);
(xix) Within the family Icteridae (including Baltimore oriole and orchard
oriole);
(xx) Brown creeper (Certhia Americana);
(xxi) Purple finch (Carpodacus purpureus);
(xxii) Rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus);
(xxiii) Gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis);
(xxiv) Red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta Canadensis);
(xxv) Within the family Hirundinidae (including cliff swallow, bank
swallow and northern rough-winged swallow);
(xxvi) Scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea);
(xxvii) Within the family Turdidae (including veery, hermit thrush, graycheeked
thrush, Swainson’s thrush and wood thrush);
(xxviii) Blue-gray gnatcatcher (Polioptila caerulea);
(xxix) Golden-crowned kinglet (Regulus satrapa);
(xxx) Within the family Parulidae (includingb Louisiana waterthrush and
northern waterthrush);
(xxxi) Within the family Emberizidae (including, dark-eyed junco, eastern
towhee, field sparrow and indigo bunting);
(xxxii) Within the family Tyrannidae (including olive-sided flycatcher,
eastern wood-pewee, least flycatcher, willow flycatcher, acadian
flycatcher, great crested flycatcher and eastern kingbird);
(xxxiii) Within the family Vireonidae (including yellow-throated vireo,
warbling vireo, white-eyed vireo and blue-headed vireo);
(xxxiv) Within the family Parulidae (including black-throated blue warbler,
bay-breasted warbler, cerulean warbler, yellow-rumped warbler,
prairie warbler, blackburnian warbler, magnolia warbler, chestnutsided
warbler, Cape May warbler, black-throated green warbler,
worm-eating warbler, black-and-white warbler, ovenbird, American
redstart, blue-winged warbler, Canada warbler and hooded warbler);
(xxxv) Within the family Troglodytidae (including marsh wren and winter
wren);
(xxxvi) Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo);
(xxxvii) Within the order Piciformes (including northern flicker and pileated
woodpecker);
(xxxviii) Within the order Podicipediformes (including horned grebe and rednecked
grebe);
(xxxix) Within the order Strigiformes (including great horned owl, snowy owl,
eastern screech owl and barred owl);
(xl) Spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata);
(xli) Eastern racer (Coluber constrictor);
(xlii) Diamond-backed terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin);
(xliii) Smooth green snake (Opheodrys vernalis);
(xliv) Fowler’s Toad (Bufo fowleri);
(xlv) Northern dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus);
(xlvi) Gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor);
(xlvii) Eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens); or
(xlviii) Wood frog (Rana sylvatica).
(5) “Category Four Wild Animal” means any wild animal, and gametes thereof listed as
endangered, threatened, or of special concern pursuant to CGS section 26-306;
(6) “Circus” means an organization that holds a Class C Exhibitors License pursuant to the
Animal Welfare Act, and includes a traveling company of performers that includes
animals trained to perform for an audience, or a facility operated in support thereof;
(7) “Domestic animal” means any animal that has been domesticated by having undergone
a process of selective breeding in captivity to a degree which has resulted in genetic
changes affecting the temperament, color, conformation, or other attributes of the
species to an extent that makes them unique and distinguishable from wild individuals
of their species, and raised in a life intimately associated with and advantageous to
humans. Wild animals raised in captivity, even over many generations, which have
merely become trained but are still wild by nature are not domestic animals;

(7) “Domestic animal” means any animal that has been domesticated by having undergone
a process of selective breeding in captivity to a degree which has resulted in genetic
changes affecting the temperament, color, conformation, or other attributes of the
species to an extent that makes them unique and distinguishable from wild individuals
of their species, and raised in a life intimately associated with and advantageous to
humans. Wild animals raised in captivity, even over many generations, which have
merely become trained but are still wild by nature are not domestic animals;

What does everyone else take from this statement?
Here is a great argument... I feel that a reticulated python morph fits into this category, after being selectively bred for generations in captivity and the color changes that make it distinguishable from wild individuals, plus i have seen many that have a very docile temperament, and even the meanest in captivity are not anything compared to their wild counterparts.

Then the last sentence then goes back and pretty much cancels out whatever was said in the previous statement... just shows how DEP wants to screw all of us instead of just making it fair to the responsible keepers.