Mike,

Thanks for the very cogent post. I agree a compromise will have to be reached. One possible route I have mentioned in the past is he one the Aviculturists came up with almost 20 years ago. It is The Wild Bird Conservation Act of 1992, and it is the reason that they have no worries about losing their hobby to draconian legislation.

Under the tenets of this Act, mass importation of all wild-caught avians ended. In return, Aviculturists were allowed to breed, sell, and transport birds across state lines to their content. In addition, qualified breeders are still allowed to import limited numbers for "new blood" for breeding programs.

The Avicultural hobby and industry has done very well under this law for almost two decades-perhaps something similar could help us now?
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

Breeder of:
Green Tree Pythons
Jungle Carpet Pythons
Pastel, Pinstripe, FIRE, Piebald, Clown, Lavender Albino, Leucistic, and Spider Ball Pythons
Striped Colombian Boa Constrictors
Kenyan, Rufescens, and Conicus Sand Boas
Red Phase Western Hognose Snakes
Spider Western Hognose Snakes
Albino Western Hognose Snakes
Locality Trans-Pecos Mexican Hognose Snakes
Southern Hognose Snakes
Eastern Hognose Snakes
Tricolor Hognose Snakes
Hypo Checkered Garter Snakes
Eastern Blackneck Garter Snakes
Stillwater Hypo Bullsnakes
Patternless Bullsnakes
S. GA Eastern Kingsnakes
Locality Desert Kingsnakes
Albino Desert Kingsnakes
Hypo Desert Kingsnakes
Mexican Black Kingsnakes
Desert Phase, Striped Desert, Newport, and Coastal California Kingsnakes
Locality Mexican Milksnakes
Spotted Mexican Milksnakes
Tangerine Mexican Milksnakes
Locality Alterna
Abbott Okeetee Cornsnakes
Mexican Baird's Ratsnakes
Cape Housesnakes
Tangerine Albino African Fat -Tailed Geckos
Locality Spotted Turtles

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