"According to Johnson, the officers said they were going to take turtles because the sale was in violation of a Food and Drug Administration law stating that turtles with a carapace - the bottom of their shell - that is less than four inches are prohibited from general sale. The law has two provisions that states that the turtles can be sold for bona fide educational and scientific purposes and that sales not in connection with a business are not affected by the law."

Ummm...no one noticed that the law is SCL, not PLASTRON as they have explained above. Obviously a non-turtle person writing the story, but I still think the law is antiquated and needs an update. I have species that rarely get to 4" even as adults...with the amount of education available, and with breeders such as myself educating our customers, this law is rediculous.
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Thanks!

Scott

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• IL Press: DNR nabs turtles in EP - W von Papineäu, Mon Oct 24 06:31:52 2005
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