Michael Brown
Active member
Ah that clears up things greatly. I was reading into an article about legislation on snappers in maryland, im not sure If i can post the link here or not ( It may fall under an anonymous third person link), but from what I read it is legal to "catch" and "keep / consume" up to 5 of them per day (with a valid fishing license) but illegal to trap them. From what I hear NY is attempting to protect them even though they are abundant. Long story short im not positive if it was legal to receive one through mail, but once you have the turtle chances are good its legal to keep (in newyork), even though there native.
Id still do some more research before contacting the police because the laws and regulations of buying and transporting the turtle from georgia to newyork are still a little sketchy imo.
hope i helped
Id still do some more research before contacting the police because the laws and regulations of buying and transporting the turtle from georgia to newyork are still a little sketchy imo.
hope i helped

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