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I just heard on the news that most exotics are illegal in CT since the chimp ripped the women's face off . I may have to get a permit for each snake !! That's. Gonna be alot of $$$$! They said boas and pythons . Just great

Mke T
Boas Etc

>>I just heard on the news that most exotics are illegal in CT since the chimp ripped the women's face off . I may have to get a permit for each snake !! That's. Gonna be alot of $$$$! They said boas and pythons . Just great
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>>Mke T
>>Boas Etc

I have attached one of the news articles on what is being looked at in CT.
new article on ct

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For those of us on this forum here's the GREAT NEWS! an exerpt from the article:

"Not all reptiles are banned. If you are just tired of taking care of that boa constrictor or iguana, too bad. The state will not take legal animals at the amnesty day."

These means boas and iguanas, etc are legal. truth is these are so loved and kept, you cant call them exotic anymore. im sure there was once a time when a cockatoo was exotic now its a common pet. thank you for the link!

Great news!

But the fact that we even have to worry about all this legislation makes me so sad...
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i wish i could tell you there is a sector somewhere that is unregulated and you will be insulated from all this,and is free of injustices other than playing golf or something...we deal with the cards we're handed and make our destiny, and thats how its always been since time began..

boas are safe (so far), the big pythons, anacondas, monitors.. and yes, even dart frogs and tarantulas are not.

some info that was posted on another forum:

http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/regulations/26/26-55-6.pdf

Effective March 1st, all of these animals are now banned in CT with no grandfather clause. Any of these animals have to be surrendered to the state on March 31st to the Dept of Energy and Environmental Protection who will be at Beardsley Zoo.

here are the animals now banned:
A member within the order Crocodylia (including, but not limited to, alligator, crocodile and caiman)
A member within the family Elapidae (including, but not limited to, cobra, coral snake, mamba, sea snake and sea krait),
A member within the family Viperidae (including, but not limited to, copperhead, rattlesnake, cottonmouth, adder, viper, pit viper and night adder)
Northern African python (Python sebae)
Southern African python (Python natalensis)
reticulated python (Python reticulates)
amethystine python (Morelia amethistina),
Green or common anaconda (Eunecus murinus)
yellow anaconda (Eunectus notaeus)
Bolivian anaconda (Eunectus beniensis)
A member within the genera Boiga, Thelotornis, Enhydris,
Dispholidus, Clelia, Rhabdophis, Hydrodynastes, Philodryas or
Malpolon (including, but not limited to, mangrove snake, false cobra,cat-eyed snake, false water snake, African boomslang, vine snake,twig snake and bird snake),
A member within the family Helodermatidae (including, but not
limited to, Gila monster and beaded lizard),
Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus)
water monitor (Varanus salvator)
black-throated monitor (Varanus a. ionidesi)
white-throated monitor (Varanus a. albigularis)
crocodile monitor (Varanus salvadorii)
Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis)
Spotted turtle (Clemmys guttata),
Eastern racer (Coluber constrictor)
Diamond-backed terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin),
Fowler’s toad (Bufo fowleri),
Northern dusky salamander (Desmognathus fuscus),
Gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor),
Eastern newt (Notophthalmus viridescens)
Wood frog (Rana sylvatica)
any venomous species in the family arachnidea, including tarantulas and scorpions;
any poisonous species in the family dendrobatidea, including poison arrow frogs.
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Oh my god... It just gets worse and worse.
Tarantulas? Dart frogs? REALLY?

VINE SNAKES? Argh. I honestly have nothing intelligent that I can possibly say about this. It's just ridiculous and distressing beyond belief.