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CT Residents just got screwed!

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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/regulations/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Even my USDA exhibitor license is no longer valid because of the rules change.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
 
Can't forget these are now banned as well. :angry:

any venomous species in the family arachnidea, including tarantulas and scorpions; and
any poisonous species in the family dendrobatidea, including poison arrow frogs.
 
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. :angry:
 
It sucks. The only reason I was told of this when the draft was first made was because of my involvement with the DEP. It was like hitting my head against a wall trying to fight this. We killed it once last year and it came back again and passed. The only reason we won defeated it last time is because the language was not in favor of the Maritime Aquarium (which keeps gators and dart frogs) and they came to the meeting to help fight it. This language exempts them but screws the small guy. I am now sick to my stomach over this.
 
that sounds almost exactly like what happened here, one day the laws were not going to be passed then all of a sudden i was reading a post somewhere and it was referencing all the new regulations in NC. just out of no where. on top of it all neither wildlife or the local animal control officers new anything about it, so trying to get questions answered was out of the question.
usark had a major part in getting the laws passed here so that they were reasonable but considering what has happened over the past few months with laws my opinions on the have changed considerably
 
No warning about actually passing. When was the vote? Did they listen to anything that was told to them? No heads up. Just a notice to turn in the restricted animals on the 31st at Beardsley.:angry:
 
Wtf??? Noooooo way. Anyone you can give the animals to, in the mean time Steve? I would NOT trust where these animals are going. Honestly. Will they get adequate care? Just not right, imho. Not at all.
 
Mooing Tricycle said:
Wtf??? Noooooo way. Anyone you can give the animals to, in the mean time Steve? I would NOT trust where these animals are going. Honestly. Will they get adequate care? Just not right, imho. Not at all.
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They are most likely going to be put down.
I have to see what I can do with some of these animals. Really pisses me off. Waste all of this money on permitting, transport caging, only to have to lose it all. Does this state realize just how hard it is to get $250K in insurance and what that costs? How the hell can you get $1M and even if you could, how do you afford it? The emperor was supposed to be part of a science fair next month explaining and demonstrating why they glow under black light.
This sucks!
 
I am speechless. I have a bad feeling, all states are moving this way. Once they get these laws passed, it won't be hard to add the rest of the hobby. A very sad time for us. Sometimes I feel we are fighting a losing battle. Even though I continue to try to get people active in calling politicians and writing letters, it seems people are losing interest because they are getting sick of doing it. However, getting sick and tired of doing something for our hobby will cause our hobby to cease to exist. I am so sorry you are going through this in CT.

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