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At the very least folks, write your letters, make your phone calls to your representatives. Visit the link at the top of the forums for more information, but PLEASE DO NOT sit idly by and think that you don't need to contribute because "someone else" is taking care of it.
WE ARE ALL SOMEONE ELSE TO EVERY BODY ELSE!! DO YOUR PART!!!
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>>WE ARE ALL SOMEONE ELSE TO EVERY BODY ELSE!! DO YOUR PART!!!
Very good point, I already have mailed out my letters and Tom has received them as well...
Label/Receipt Number: EH 902245779 US
Status: Delivered
Your item was delivered at 10:58 AM on April 16, 2009 in ARLINGTON, VA 22205. The item was signed for by T WOLFE.
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Thanks,
Frank Roberts
Did my letters also.
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>>Did my letters also.
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I personally mailed letters to each member directly a LONG time ago. Today I sent a handful from an adoption event. I started faxing this AM from work to my congressman and they will get a daily fax until this is dropped. Monday my phone calls start.
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Cindy
PHFaust
Done mine.
Sent out all of ours as well!!!!!! Good job all!!!!
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Kara
My Congressman and I have had several discussions about this Bill. He agrees that the vocabulary of the Bill is way too vague and gives too much license to fill in the blanks.
The intent of the Bill was to curb importation of dangerous animals, reduce importation of wild caught animals from other countries and get a handle on feral species. I think that at some level we can all agree that some of these ideals are a good thing. Somehow or another the vernacular got twisted and what we are left with is carte blanche that would conceivably allow some ignorant politician to ban just about anything they want.
His stance seemed to be that the Bill should not be allowed to interfere with captive breeding hobbyists. It should not affect how most of us buy and sell snakes. It probably should ban people from importing 100's of field collected ball pythons and the occasional Gaboon Viper. Less clear to me was his stance on Reticulated Pythons or something like Bloods. If we could stop the idiots from turning their pythons loose when they get to big this wouldn't be an issue. Of course their is no legislation that can stop an idiot from being an idiot.
I'll stay after him.
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Steve Frist
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