US Government Seeks Comments on Proposed Amphibian Trade Restrictions
US F&W proposal FWS-R9-FHC-2009-0093-0001 is now up for public commentary and review. You will have until Dec 16th to let US F&W know what you think about it. You can read Frank Indiviglio's article at That Pet Place on the subject. In his article, he explains what is actually going on and provides the link the Federal Register where you can make your opinion known. He does this in user-friendly" terms. No "legalese."
http://blogs.thatpetplace.com/thatre...-restrictions/
If you do comment please don't say things like "this is so unfair", "why are you picking on us?," "we should be able to keep whatever we want," and so on. You don't want to come off immature or unintelligent. What you say will matter. So think about what you want to say before you type. Also, it doesn't seem to matter if you are a resident or citizen of the US, as I have seen comments from Australia in full support of the proposal.
I have attached a PDF copy of the proposal so people will know a little more about FWS-R9-FHC-2009-0093-0001 and not panic over rumors about it. Frank explains it in his article, but this is the actual proposal and you can look it over for yourself. Thanks go to Michael Shrom for providing a copy of it to me.
Personally, I am in partial support of the measure. I think imports from overseas and Latin America should be checked for Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (chytrid), but I don't think it is nessisary for interstate travel and commerce.
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