How do you regulate harvest? How do you check to be sure that people are not collecting endangered and threatened species? How do you pay for herp management without charging the users? Do you think TPWD is going to do it for free? How do you protect animals from abuse without inspections? I want specific details.



I understand that our rights are being taken away. I agree with you but what do you suggest we do? March on Austin with guns? That will get us put in jail. What human run system will work? And don't just say follow the Constitution.



The fact is we will be regulated. In order to be regulated we must be inspected, monitored and must submit information to the regulators. Wildlife is not owned by the landowner it is held in a public trust by the state and thus owned by everyone of that state. We pay the citizens of the state of Texas to harvest wildlife. Now that money should be ear marked specifically for herp management but it isn't. That needs to change.



The model legislation USARK submitted and got passed in NC was as you say: Make it illegal to keep venomous snakes except by the provisions put forth. I don't like this idea. I say make it legal to keep venomous period but make it illegal for them to do x, y and z with venomous. The model PARC regs say the same thing. Make it illegal to possess herps but allow certain things by permit. Does anyone no why laws and regulations are written like this?



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