Oh, I have no problem with the fact that they have prohibited collecting-actually that's a good idea. ^_^ Most of the species mentioned have become rare-although-I must live in an area where species like Hognose and Copperheads are very commonly seen not just in the state parks but in urban and suburban areas.


But when they make a sweeping statement like that it fails to cover every base and leaves the public in the dark and it's too much at the discretion of a single field officer-who may be right or wrong. The law should be specific. That's what we pay those big taxes for.

Still-what does happen to animals already in captivity? Well, I've gone right to the source for that answer and am waiting for a reply. I'll let you know what they say.

In the past-if you keep a herp in captivity for a certain period of time it could not be released-and I see the science in that but the alternative was to kill the animal. That policy is wrong in so many ways.

This issue should be handled like other similar situations in our state have been in the past-if a law is passed about not keeping an animal-people were allowed to keep that animal-then when it died-they could not replace it. It's fair for the owner and the animal. Did the state keep track of these people-you bet they did!

Pardon my typing etc.

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