http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S07616



at the bottom there's a list of the people who voted. I think first we should all call up the two people that voted no (only two!?!) and explain to them how much it means to the herp community and everything. It will be easiest to get them on our side that the new law has to be changed.



Then we need to try to break ground with all those people that voted yes on the bill. Best to start with those in your area, and the branch out if you have the time. We just need to inform them as to how and why the new law should be changed. I for one thing that the law as a whole was unnecessary. We were already well regulated. But, it will be easier just to get them to change the important parts, like making boids and monitors legal again (or switching them to a permit system), and getting the venomous and crocodilians back to a permit system (I believe crocodilians were something you needed a permit for weren't they?).



I didn't see a problem with the way things were going before this law. Somehow the assemblymen/women thought that there was a need for it, and we need to show them otherwise. We need to show them that it's unnecessary and that some people should be allowed to own the more dangerous reptiles.



I just think it's a shame. I could understand a permit system but a full ban is just ridiculous. There is no other state in the US that is as strict.

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