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KJ

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Subject: Re: Texas Parks and Wildlife "Black List" ~ CORN SNAKES
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:24:48 -0500
From: KJ Lodrigue, Jr.
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Good morning, Aaron:

I've been going over the black list, and I just noticed that House Mouse (Mus musculus) is now black listed, too. That means every laboratory breeding facility, every mouse breeding facility for the pet trade, and almost every pet store in Texas is soon going to be in violation of the law for selling common house mice? I can't even begin to estimate how many Texans possess in excess of of 6 live mice (not counting frozen mice for food items of pet species). Obviously, this is another exotic pet species being black listed for no valid biological or social reason. The list does not state which subspecies is/are black listed, so it is assumed that all "pet mice" are now a black listed species, correct?

I noticed that Mediterranean Geckos are still not on the white list nor on the black list. These are exotics, so TPWD doesn't regulate them even though they are still established in Texas. That is similar to the House Mouse, which you are black listing. Cornsnakes aren't established in Texas, but they are still black listed. These discrepancies are confusing, and they will be deleterious to tens of thousands of Texans.

I'm assuming that House mice (and deer mice, for that matter) are not meant to be on the black list. What, if anything, is being done to correct this situation? Where do we stand at this time?

Thanks in advance for your time,
KJ Lodrigue, Jr.
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