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RE: Conn. officials consider dangerous anima

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Posted by: EricWI at Tue Mar 10 20:54:31 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by EricWI ]  
   

The testimony for this was made by Blumenthal, go to this link to see this draconian piece of legislation:

http://www.cga.ct.gov/2009/ENVdata/Tmy/2009SB-00994-R000309-Richard Blementhal, Attorney General-TMY.PDF

This proposal will bany MANY species of reptiles and amphibians. Please help to stop this today!!

(a) No person shall possess a potentially dangerous animal identified in this subsection. For the purposes of this section, the following wildlife or any hybrid thereof shall be considered potentially dangerous animals.

(14) the alligatoridae, including but not limited to the American alligator and caimen
(15) the crocodylidae, including but not limited to the crocodile
(16) the gavialidae, including but not limited to the gavial
(17) the elapidae, including but not limited to the cobras, coral snakes, mambas
(18) the viperidae) including but not limited to copperheads, rattlesnakes, cottonmouths and other adders and vipers
(19) the rear fanged members of the colubridae in the genra lothornis, boiga, thelotornis, enhydris, dispholidus, clelia, rhabdophis, hydrodynastes, philodryas, and malpolon
(20) The Burmese/Indian, African Rock, amethystine, and reticulated of the family pythonidae
(21) the green, yellow, and dark spotted anacondas of the boidae
(22) the helodermatidae including but not limited to Gila monsters and beaded lizards
(23) the nile monitor, water monitor, blackthroat monitor, whitethroat monitor, crocodile monitor, and komodo dragon of the varanidae

In addition,
-any venomous species in the family arachnidea including but not limited to tarantulas and scorpions
-any poisonous species in the family dendrobatidae including but not limited to poison arrow frogs


   

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