Archive for February, 2009

Congressional Animal Protection Caucus

Representatives Jim Moran (D- VA) and Elton Gallegy (R- CA) have formed a new Congressional Animal Protection Caucus.
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) and their legislative arm, the Humane Society Legislative Fund (HSLF), will be working closely with the new Caucus.
Here is a quote from the HSUS blog:

U.S. Reps. Jim Moran (D-Va.) and Elton Gallegly (R-Calif.), announced today that they will co-chair the newly formed Congressional Animal Protection Caucus, working with The HSUS and HSLF to take lawmaking for animals to the next level.

The HSUS talks alot about being all about “animal protection” and fighting against “animal cruelty” but these are just different terms being used in place of “animal rights”.

Be warned fellow herpers, legislation will be proposed by this committee that will threaten your ability to keep the reptiles you so enjoy. If you think the HSUS shares your opinion of the proper treatment of animals then you have been fooled by the propaganda.
The HSUS is sworn to oppose us just as PETA is, and having the ear of a group of congressmen dedicated to their cause can in no way benefit us or our hobby.

Clay :: Feb.19.2009 :: Herp News :: No Comments »

Join USARK Today

The United States Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK) is leading the fight against the new proposed legislation against the keeping of pythons among others.
If you are not yet a member of USARK I strongly encourage you to join today. As their motto states there’s strength in numbers and numbers is what we need at this crucial time in our hobby. If we do not band together and fight this legislation as one body, then our ability to enjoy the keeping of any python species, as well as boas and potentially many others, is doomed.

Click the banner below to go to the USARK website where you can become a member and join the fight against this oppressive legislation.

Clay :: Feb.14.2009 :: Herp News, Reptile Related :: No Comments »

LEGISLATIVE ALERT!!!

We are officially under attack fellow herpers. An attack the magnitude of which we have never faced before.
Two bills have been introduced into congress within the last two weeks. If passed they will virtually destroy the reptile keeping hobby overnight. All boas and pythons will instantly become illegal to possess, let alone breed, sell, or transport across state lines.
The threat resulting from the situation in the Everglades that we have been afraid of is upon us.
H.R. 669 and S.373 are the two bills that are aiming to be the death of the reptile hobby.
I’m not going to go into detail about it here on the blog, this situation is important enough that I wrote page dedicated to it. You can read it here http://www.arbreptiles.com/lastword/legislation.shtml

Everyone needs to contact their congressmen about these bills and encourage them to vote no. These bills if passed will make nearly all of us criminals overnight. even if you only keep colubrids of you’re strictly a frog keeper, you are still potentially affected by this legislation. H.R. 669 is open ended and can potentially have any species added to the list at any time.

Clay :: Feb.07.2009 :: Herp News, Reptile Related :: No Comments »