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USARK
at Thu Jul 23 20:56:57 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by USARK ]
There is nothing to update anyone on yet because there hasn't been a meeting yet. We have been promised a meeting, but it does not look like it will happen till early Aug.
The ONLY thing that has been discussed with Nelsons office is removing ALL other pythons from S373, and limiting the scope of the bill to the IMPORT of Burmese Pythons ONLY.
Right now the bill would BAN the IMPORT, EXPORT and INTERSTATE TRANSPORT of the entire genus python. There is no guarantee that USARK will be successful in getting Nelson to amend S373. As it stands it is a BAN on ALL pythons.
ONLY if we are successful will the damage be limited to the IMPORT of Burmese Pythons ONLY.
There is much sympathy in the Senate for this bill. Barbara Boxer is behind it, and she is the Chair of the EPW Committee where it now sits. Anyone that doesn't think that some form of this bill is going to pass is in DENIAL. The question is "Can we have an impact on what is ultimately passed?"
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Andrew Wyatt
President USARK
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There hasn't been a meeting yet... - USARK, Thu Jul 23 20:56:57 2009