Feds Move To Ban Pythons & Boas

Feds Move To Ban Pythons & Boas
Saturday, February 2. 2008

Ball Python - photo © ronald durst

Ball Python - photo © ronald durst
The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service has made a significant move towards banning the importation and interstate transport of Boa Constrictors and Pythons in the United States. Quietly published in the Federal Register, the agency is accepting public comments until April 30th. If enacted this will devastate an already hard hit industry, dealing a fatal death blow to a large number of businesses dependent on this segment of the industry and drying up the supply of these pets to pet owners across the United States. Noted herpetologist, author, former zookeeper, and one of the leading private researchers and breeders of pythons in the United States, David Barker, had this to say...

This is the formal notification and request for public comments regarding the intention of USF&W Service to place ALL snakes in the genera Boa, Python, and Eunectes on the Injurious Wildlife List of the Lacey Act.

If enacted as regulation, this will ban the importation of said snakes into the USA , and ban all interstate transportation of said snakes.

There is a request made for public input and we feel it will be very important that all keepers with an interest in boas and pythons make written response before 30 April.

This is VERY important. Don’t take this lightly.



Once the importation and inter-state transport has been banned, there will be a rapid exodus of breeders of these species, and eventually they will disappear from the marketplace along with a significant number of businesses and jobs. Pet owners will feel the pinch as dry goods suppliers and caging manufacturers stop producing products for that segment of the hobby, and eventually it will be impossible to obtain a new pet boa or python.

To review the USF & W Service proposal, please look at the following document. http://kingsnake.com/FWSReview.pdf

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As if they dont have better things to do

You know they should not allow those actors etc to own these animals, as they are the peeps draping these snakes around their necks like a scarf, and when the mood passes the snakes are either dumped or neglected.

for gods sake the hatters are gonna have a field day now.

Today, snakes; Tomorrow, the rest of our liberties.

Its started in germany banning certain breeds of dogs & ireland to & its only a matter of time before it starts here. Soon we will need a permit to keep anything.

tilly790 wrote:

Soon we will need a permit to keep anything.

Welcom to our world, the only animals you dont need a permit for is the ones they dont know about Im not sure if you still need a license for dogs and cats Shaun? do we still need the license? I remember we had to buy them at the municipal offices, as well as the bicycle license The illegal trade in animals is getting out of hand and this is the authorities way of combating the problem, but its just opening the market for these "illegal" animals

We used to have a licence for dogs but not any more