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http://www.parcplace.org/documents/WhitePapers/PARC-ModelStateRegsPolicy.pdf



Personally I think these regulations are overly restrictive and do not support them. I feel that the reptile community needs to take a position that there should be no regulation of native taxa unless it can be demonstrated that the particular species is threatened by collection for "pet" industry. I think that given the regulatory power that these guidelines advocate agencies will eventually outlaw the keeping and breeding of native taxa entirely. It is a slippery slope. It is reasonable to insist that agencies provide scientific evidence showing the necessity for regulations. We need to err on the side of less regulation if we want to wind up with something reasonable. Ohio is a perfect example, many in the hobby/industry supported the implementation of protection for native species. ODNR then surrepticiously removed the color morph exemption from the regs when they were adopted.



They also advocate pit tagging. I believe that is unecessarily expensive and dangerous to the animals. It assumes that we would all break the law without permanent identification of native specimens. Decent record keeping and photographs are sufficient to identify animals. Law abiding folks will pitt tag. The unscrupulous will continue doing what their doing. The good folks get hurt and the bad guys don't care.



Fred

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