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natsamjosh
at Thu Jan 21 21:32:42 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by natsamjosh ]
Thanks for posting this list. One note on the Rhode Island proposal. Not only does it ban boas and pythons, it pretty much opens the door for regulation on almost any animal:
"No person shall import into, receive, or possess in this state without first obtaining a permit from the department, animals of the following orders, families, and genera: primates, carnivores, amphibia, reptilia, canidae, and insecta. The director may by regulation designate additional orders, families, genera, or species requiring a permit to import, receive or possess; or the director may by regulation waive the permit requirement for specific species, orders, families and genera."
Note that "carnivores" is included in the list of orders, families and genera. Huh?? Sounds like the work of PETA, they don't like meat eaters...
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