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Selling North Carolina wildlife
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by Nakita on October 16, 2015
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I've seen several ads on a different site from people selling wildlife native to North Carolina. These include Box Turtles, Timber Rattlesnakes, and Pigmy Rattlesnakes.
Is this legal? I've read the stuff I can find online but it seems to be a bit contradictory in nature.
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by FSB on October 25, 2015
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No, it is not legal. All species of rattlesnake are strictly protected in NC as are box turtles, our state reptile. They cannot be collected and sold on the internet. If you see any more ads like the one you described, please feel free to send me the info in an email or on Facebook and I will contact the appropriate authorities. I hate these damn out of state collectors who come down here and plunder our wildlife to sell online as much as I detest the ignorant locals who kill them outright. The effect on the local populations is the same.
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by atrox84 on October 29, 2015
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Same goes on here in AZ and it drives me crazy. People don't even try to hide it, they post right on their ads; WC from Arizona(illegal by the way). It really blows up in late summer when everyone is making their trips out here during the monsoon season. Suddenly the classified sections come alive with pyrrhus, molossus, tigris....you name it. I see some ads with buckets of sidewinders. I could just picture these guys scouring some of my favorite roads just loading up every snake they see to bring back to Florida or whatever state they came from. The sad part is that there is a market for this stuff so people will just keep doing it.
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by ianb on November 11, 2015
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FSB, you mean all native species of rattlesnake are illegal right? The only issue I have ever had is with the fact that many are captive bred. I remember when I had had a timber for 8 years when they became listed and I was required by law to let it go where I got it but it was a captive bred snake.
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by FSB on November 23, 2015
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Sorry Ian, I went off somewhere and let almost a month go by.... yes, I meant all native NC species are protected and yes, I do agree that sometimes "protection" can be an impediment to people who are not harming wild populations and really trying to help the snakes. Obviously, releasing a captive-born timber isn't really going to help anything, and the snake will likely not make it. I have issues with their "all or nothing" hands-off attitude. In a lot of ways it's very similar to the quandary created by gun laws - reptile laws tend to do more harm to the law-abiding herpers and can actually prevent them from helping the situation. If I see a rattlesnake in peril of being whacked by traffic or members of the snake-fearing public, I will take measures to save it, and I will not report anyone who does the same. Leaving a rattlesnake in a housing development because there is still an acre or so of "habitat" around the edge is just not a viable option to me.
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