Jeff said: Around 12 years ago there was some information going around that the pet industry did a survey and found that one in every forty homes in America had at least one pet reptile.

The number 12 years ago was 3.5% (1 in 30ish) based upon industry data I got before opening ARC.

I believe I heard recently the number for herp keepers is closer to 6% (1 in 16ish) of USA households.

With mammals similar to herps and fish over 10% a recent industry estimate was 90,000,000 households have non-indigenous species in the home. That is a huge number, and just the pet trade. When one considers non-natives are farmed for food perhaps 50% of USA households would be impacted by a ban.

Fortunately for all of us, PIJAC has been a DC insider for close to 40 years. The bureaucrats know and trust PIJAC. Anytime these bans come up PIJAC is invited to give input. Despite noise made on this and other websites to the contrary, any future successes will require their support.




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