Maybe I seem over the top, extreme in my oppinions, only, in my experience The government has been oppressing a minority in our society, which happens to have a diverse interest in foreign animals.

The US government is sponsoring injustice, in that rediculous bans are passed in some states. Granted some herps need to be restricted in some areas of the US to reduce risk of invasive species, a lot of bans, or several at least are passed already. These bans undermine the people´s right to engage in a diverse responsible and sustainable bioculture.

I understand some herps are banned in texas, and there are some more bans on the way, but how many are already in effect? How many irresponsible reptile and other exotic animal bans and regulations are there already in state legislations?

It is my impression that there is a civilised form of whitch hunt going on in the US.

In certain states many animals are outlawed without a good reason, I do not have the experience to rant them up but I expect some folks here could. Dog bans, cat bans, fish bans, transpostation restrictions and now with HR669 variants a distant threat in the horison has become a clear and present danger which is not likely to go away easily in the future.

If we have to spend a considerable amount of time fighting our own beauracracy, in order so safe guard our right to safe guard the existence of amphibians and reptiles in vivarium, we have wasted a considerable amount of time, which could have been used to promote conservation.

If examined more closely, the AR-même acts as an inhibitor on conservation efforts in our society. This is a wake up call for responsibe herpetoculturists, at present half of the worlds reptile species and up to 2/3 of amphibian species are threatened with extinction. Within our life time we may experience that these numbers rise still, hopefully not.

We really really need to address ethics in husbandry and focus on conservation, but first we must defeat titanic organisations who seek to end our conservation efforts. In the mean time every year new species of lizards & frogs croak out of existence.

The Police and the government should work with us, not against us.

We also have a corresponding duty to participate in descisionmaking and conservation.

Still, if an individual of an extinct-in-the-wiild (EW) species can be considered a tome of diversity, then the US government should not approve of the confiscations and burning, freezing or in other manner killing peoples animals without a good reason.

How many illegal reptiles are being confiscated from various states with out a good reason?



regards

oby

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