I am lost here... What was the whole legality??? Are hogs from Co illegal to own???



Technically no, Colorado Western Hognose are legal to own and sell under specific guidelines set forth by the F&W. Read this post for clarification on the laws then stated in 1996 which are assumed nearly identical to the then laws of 2003 when all of this happened.



Sorry for not being up on the lucy hog thing... Just not sure how the government can get involved when it comes to anything involving hogs...



You can read about the whole ordeal from the person who got busted here. My understanding is that he was in violation of owning venomous snakes without a permit and it was probably within reasonable cause (by law enforcement) that he was somehow breaking the law with how many locality hognose he was keeping or that he somehow collected them illegally.



I believe the Federal Government became involved when these snakes that were considered to have been collected illegally were shipped across state lines which is in violation of the Lacey Act. It is also possible that he was in violation of the Lacey Act by not following proper procedure by labeling the boxes of what was inside. Unfortunately, the recipients of those packages were also considered to be in violation of the law by receiving those animals.



I know that one of the people that got busted by the Feds decided against due process because the cost of defense as well as the possibility of jail time was just too great and pleaded guilty to the charges to avoid jail time and just received temporary parole.




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