That is correct they cannot decide that your property is no longer legal and just confiscate it with out just compensation. They can only ban interstate transport. It is the same with the endangered species act. ROC laws aside if I was breeding indian pythons I could sell them to whomever I want here in the state of florida even though they are listed under the endangered species act. If the fws has a problem with it they can go pound sand there is nothing they can do about it as long as I only sell them within the state of Florida. If I wanted to buy indian pythons from out of state or sell them to someone out of state that would be a different story. I would need a permit and if I chose to buy or sell without one they could prosecute me. Until that point however they could just go pound sand. As far as prosecuting dealers for selling animals before their ban that is also a violation of civil rights under the ex post facto clause of the U.S. constitution. If they were to do that the individual agents who arrested you in violation of your civil rights can be held civilly liable under federal law. This is also true under the laws of most states btw. If you were to look these legislative issues up on some of the wolf dog sited you can get a lot of this info. Those people have done their homework on this type of legislation.

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