Well I've searched the web every way I can think of, and found no reference either to that publication nor even that group. Maybe you can give us more details as to what organizations were supposedly composing this organization?



I did look into both the NWF and NAS position on invasives and "non dog and cat" pets, and as I suspected the news is good. Nowhere that I could find did either organization advocate for a ban on ANY kind of pet. They may support regulations that could have an adverse effect on the ease of importing plants and animals-here is the NWF statement to this effect:



NWF supports a revision of the Lacey Act to require screening of animal imports by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The Lacey Act provides authority for the FWS to name groups of animals as "injurious species" and thus restrict their import. However, it does not require that animal species being proposed for import first be screened for either invasiveness or disease risk. This creates unacceptable threats to native wildlife, to the economy, and to human and animal health. Thus, Congress should provide the FWS with the necessary authority to screen invasive animals, both terrestrial and aquatic, rather than relying on the Lacey Act's currently ineffective provisions.



This would, as I said, be inconvenient-but not fatal, and is actually less restrictive than some compromises advocated by some within the herp community itself!




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