Dangit, I just wrote a nice long response -- and deleted it. Trying again --



>1--All Boids will become suspect legal or not.



Nope. There are 9 species on the list. That's all.



>2--There are hundreds of commercial breeders who PAY TAXES. You are limiting their commerce intentionally. MILLIONS of $$ in taxes will be lost.



Show us facts and figures, not a lot of hand-waving about millions of dollars.



>3--Interstate commerce will go away, you can only get what legal breeders IN YOUR STATE have. Kinda like Indigos are now. New stuff, multimorphs will simply be impossible to get. Purity will become a problem, finding another Peruvian Rainbow will be impossible.



Nope, Peruvian rainbows aren't on the list.



And really, there are much bigger things to worry about than whether or not you can get your hands on the latest and greatest Burmese morph. The world has not ended over restrictions in Indigo transports....



>4--Once passed PETA will then turn its efforts to another unworthy "problem" with their own agenda.



Sorry, but I don't base my support or opposition to proposed legislation on who might agree with me, but rather on the merits of the legislation itself.



>5--Law enforcemet(especially environmetal)already cut to the bone with budget cuts will be responsible for potentially millions of $$ of illegal activity. Who is going to pay for the increase in enforcement??



If you believe this will involve large increases in enforcement expenses, then show us the facts and figures. It seems to me that we already have lots of people who work to control live animal imports. It seems to me that we'll just have to add 9 species to the list of animals those people already look for. If you think large expenditures would be required, show us the data.



>This is happening NOT because of any science, its happening so the govt can more closely monitor their take in the herp business period. If you cant see it go take a course on public policy.



Phhhht. More conspiracy theories.
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0.1 Peruvian rainbow boa (Amaru)

0.3 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Hari)

2.6 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, TBA)

1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters

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