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Post by foxxdoc on Mar 15, 2022 6:32:57 GMT -8
read the amendment to the Lacey Act.
It will impact us. It will forbid any crossing of state lines for live exotics, even a personal pet. Remember canaries and parakeets are not native. Dealers cannot sell or ship .Even if domestic bred.
Research it. Call your US Senator and voice your objection.
TOM
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Post by wollastoni on Mar 15, 2022 6:34:16 GMT -8
Interesting. Is it for "live" animals only ? Or also "dead" insects ?
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Post by foxxdoc on Mar 15, 2022 6:36:08 GMT -8
live
TOM
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Post by Crake on Mar 15, 2022 7:51:39 GMT -8
Apparently any species they list as potentially injurious "...any nonnative species of wild mammal, wild bird, fish (including mollusks and crustacea), amphibian, or reptile, or the eggs of any such species" will be prohibited from interstate movement and importation [unless determined to pose no environmental threat]". Those involved in the pet trade have been going nuts over the amendment because it creates a logistical nightmare for the shipment of livestock.
Then again, I don't see how the government would feasibly set up an efficient "checkpoint" system to screen interstate packages (from various shipping services) for items as small as eggs and if they did, people would probably just start driving livestock across state borders themselves.
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Post by foxxdoc on Mar 15, 2022 8:11:43 GMT -8
Two issues; you could drive them or mail them. but it would be against the law. much like importing ova from another country . who would know ? Just don"t get caught !!!!
Second it appears that if a specific species is not named on the list it wound be counted as if it was on the list. confusing
TOM
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Post by livingplanet3 on Mar 15, 2022 8:11:51 GMT -8
Would this amendment only apply to species that are non-native to the US? What about native species?
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Post by foxxdoc on Mar 15, 2022 9:13:58 GMT -8
I suggest all should look it up for details.
TOM
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Post by kevinkk on Mar 15, 2022 19:11:14 GMT -8
It is confusing, there are going to be native species which could be injurious when allowed to escape or be released in areas that they aren't normally found. It does sound like a disaster for the trade in pet reptiles and other small animals, I see it mainly as a problem for importing from other countries, there was just a guy here in Oregon caught importing scorpions from Germany, thousands of them since 2017, he'll be sentenced sometime in June if I remember the article correctly. From my experiences in the post office- the post office cannot open your domestic packages without a warrant, international and customs are going to have some different rules for that. This is why people with businesses that sell live insects often will only ship to particular states, because they do it on a regular basis, I've read arguments about differences for insects like mantids, even exotic ones allowed to be sold, they're certainly all over Ebay. Weren't Goliath beetles just deregulated? How's that going to pan out?
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