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02-09-2010, 07:15 AM
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Reptile Nation Prevails on GA S303
Reptile Nation Prevails on GA S303
Today the final hearing was held in the Georgia Senate Committee on Natural Resources & the Environment on S303. The bill as written would have made owning any of the Big 5 constrictors prohibitive while failing to address the stated intent of the bill. Jobs would have been lost and Georgia families and businesses would have been hurt. USARK provided a well thought out alternative in the form of our Model State Legislation which addressed issues of secure containment along with public and environmental safety measures. Committee staff drew up a Committee Substitute based on the USARK proposal.
During the hearing the bill's sponsor rejected this proposed Committee Substitute. Vice Chairman Bulloch questioned the decision to reject this proposed alternative. Other Senators commented in favor of the USARK proposal. Several Senators also commented on the number of emails generated to their offices by the USARK grass roots campaign. One Senator said, "I didn't know how many people were interested in snakes. I had hundreds of emails saying 'No on S303' in my mailbox". Subsequently Senator Bulloch motioned for a 'No Pass' rating for S303. The Committee then voted and S303 received a majority 'No Pass' designation. S303 is now officially dead in Committee. USARK appreciates the fair treatment and sincere efforts of the Committee Staff, Chairman Tolleson, Vice Chairman Bulloch and Committee Members who worked to improve S303.
Thank you to BW Smith of Animal South in Atlanta who attended the hearing on behalf of USARK. Also a special thanks to all those members of the Reptile Nation who participated in the grass roots campaign on S303!
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02-09-2010, 08:00 AM
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Outstanding news!!!
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02-09-2010, 08:53 AM
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Fantastic! Good work!
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02-09-2010, 11:56 AM
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Thanx BW on a job well done!
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02-09-2010, 01:34 PM
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Awesome! Great to hear!!
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02-09-2010, 01:51 PM
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Congrats on a job well done! 
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02-09-2010, 02:06 PM
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So very proud of the hard work by Andrew of US ARK, B W, Jason Clark of Southeastern Reptile Rescue, Bryon Marsh and the fine folks at Repticon who gave us a place to get petitions signed at the Atlanta Repticon Show. ALso a big hats off to the many of you that emailed the committee members, made calls and done all you could to make this possible. You are a great bunch of folks here at Fauna.....
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02-09-2010, 02:07 PM
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Good job everyone!! This is awesome news!!!!!
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