Hello guys. In the exotic animal community we had the same crackdown several years backs with some of the same laws being used on this crackdown. Luckily fo rthe reptile community the "injurious" restriction in much better then the "endangered" restriction. Injurious is a STATE by STATE enforcment, this means that working with your state vet you should be able to bring in animals from other states. Also, they can NOT stop you from owning said animal after you already have it. They can however make the cost of keeping it out of this world. For the people asking about feesability of enforcment, they can in NO WAY cover the enforcement of this bill, nor would they care to. USDI is over the licensing of endangered and injurious species. All USDII permit holders are inspected by there normal USDA inspector. IE, no special inspection or paperwork or anything else for that matter. Also, interesting to note the Lacey Act only deals with PURE SPECIES. HYBRIDS to not fall under this. They (gov) will try and say it does and bully you, but it absolutly does NOT. it is NOT the end of the world and hopefully soem of the BIG names can stand with the little guys and be heard. They are relying on the belief that they are beyond reproach, they are not.

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