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REPOST FROM ADS: Stop NY Law banning
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by Buzztail1 on July 6, 2004
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Stop NY Law banning venomous/non
This concerns all persons owning reptiles, this is to inform you of a bill in NY that if passed will have detrimental effects on reptile breeders, commercial supply businesses and hobbyists alike. This bill has passed the assembly and the senate within New York and is currently setting on the Governors desk awaiting his signature to become law. He may sign off on it this week or may wait several months to make his decision it is imperative that we act NOW! If this bill passes they way it is currently written, it will be an all out ban on boas, pythons, monitors, crocodilians and venomous species of reptiles. There is a clause that says the state may grant permission for a permit to keep and maintain any animals listed within this bill as pets only, if you owned them prior to this bill will take effect January of 2005 if we don’t stop it. In other words if you own any animals listed within this bill and apply for a permit to keep them, IF they grant you this permit you may never breed them, you are allowed to maintain them as pets only. I live outside of the state of NY and am trying to rally everyone outside and within I can but I need you to do the same. The governor and his office will put more priority on the concerns of their residents then they will on people such as myself. Perhaps you know someone in New York who is not aware of this threat, and your help is needed to contact him or her about this. I urge each and every one of you to please get as active as you can. Post fliers within pets stores, get your friends to write in, call your local representatives, contact any kind of business within the state of NY that sells reptiles or supplies. These businesses have detailed mailing list, ask them to ad a flier next time their mailer goes out. Anything you can think of to spread the word. Also please tell everyone to keep their letters professional and polite we don’t want to sound like a bunch of thugs. Below are three methods to contact the Governor and oppose this bill. If you have the time I urge you to use all three methods. This law if passed will snowball through other states. A couple years ago NYC passed a law that banned many species of animals (reptile, mammals etc.). Last year Chicago copied and tried to pass that very same law. They literally copied it, Chicago deleted references to NYC
And replaced them with Chicago, in a couple of spots the forgot to remove the references to NYC. SO this ordinance they were trying to pass in Chicago had references to both cities within it. For the time being we stopped them there but that’s just an example of how one state or city does something and the rest follow. Here’s a link to the Bill
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A02684&sh=t
Here’s a link to email your opposition to the Governor
http://161.11.3.75/
Snail Mail address Governor George E. Pataki State Capitol Albany, NY 12224
Use this phone number 518-474-8390 tell them you are calling in reference to the Bills # A02684 and S07176. You’ll then be asked for you zip code, once given the person will log your vote into a computer.
Below I have copied the text concerning reptiles please see web link above for the full version.
A) ALL REPTILES THAT ARE VENOMOUS BY NATURE, PURSUANT TO DEPARTMENT
B) REGULATION, AND THE FOLLOWING SPECIES AND FAMILIES: BOIDAE FAMILY,
C) ASIATIC (WATER) MONITOR (V. SALVATOR), NILE MONITOR (V. NILOCITUS),
D) WHITE THROAT MONITOR (V. ALBIGULARUS), BLACK THROAT MONITOR (V. ALBIGULARUS IONIDES)
E) CROCODILE MONITOR (V. SALVADORI) AND ANY HYBRID THEREOF,
F) CROCODILIA.
Thank you for your time! This was posted by Jason Sweigart of Illinois
Phone: None entered Email: KSVALARMS@YAHOO.COM
<Thought this might get more exposure in here than in the ads section - KHB>
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Very EASY! ALL you need is 2 minutes .....TOPS!
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by taipan_nuts on July 7, 2004
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Call 518-474-8390
Tell whoever answers your call is in response to:
Bills # A02684 and S07176
They will ask you, "Support or Oppose"? Tell them, "You OPPOSE".
Then you will be asked for your zipcode.
It's just that easy. If you haven't called you need to do it today.
Dr. Edward J. Freyaldenhoven
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RE: REPOST FROM ADS: Stop NY Law banning
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by Phobos on July 7, 2004
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I don't know if you need a NYS Zip code or not....12553 is where my parents live....use it...just vary the last two digits some....
We need to beat this.....If passed it will start a chain reaction of states jumping on the band-wagon...It's an election year...and they need to look like they're doing something useful...of course everyone knows they don't. Hot keepers are just an easy mark to show they actually did something to "protect the publc" Tell them to fight terrorism and illegal immigration if they want to "protect the public"
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