Animal legality

[bfhslilred93]

Ok all this HR669 BS has me thinking and ive got an idea here. I know no congress will ever even hear this but IMO any animal should be legal to own with a permit. Fish and game should sit down with representatives from the pet trade and experts in a given field (ie herps, fish, birds, ect) and come up with a class system for every species of animal depending on the rarity of the animal, availability, affect on the native population if released in the state where the animal will be housed, and possible endangerment to nearby humans.

From there there will be six classes.
Class1: native species that are not threatening to humans and nonnative species: no permit required examples: mollies, parakeet, hamster

class 2: nonnative species and native species that could harm the enviornment: permit required after taking a test on the animal's classification (herp care, bird care, etc) examples: snakehead, ball python, piranha

class 3: native and nonnative species that are a rarity in the wild and require special knowledge: permit required after taking test on the animal's classification and a home inspection examples: macaws, any kind of monkey, asian arowana

class 4: any native and nonnative species that is a threat to nearby humans: permit required after taking a course on safety and proper care and a test must be passed examples: venemous snakes, large predatory mamals, crocodilians

class 5: any nonnative or native species which is a direct threat to human safety and the local enviornment: Crocodilians in florida, piranha in florida

class 6: extremely rare native and nonnative species that is a direct threat to the local enviornment and humans: permit required after completing a course on safety, a course about the animal, a home inspection, and a test examples: exotic cat in the south, a large exotic snake in the south

Now i some of you may say im just some stupid teenager who has no idea what he's talking about but it seems to me that it would...
1. employ people (course teachers, home inspectors, etc.)
2. create a greater knowledge of the animal to the buyer
3. keep stupid people from buying an animal they can't handle
4. allow us to be happy and keep our pets

say what you want but i think this would greatly reduce the number of animals released in non native areas and keep the public safe.

 

[cassharper]

Don't be so hard on yourself. I'm a proponent of letting experts in the field help regulate these things. Not people from the industry, but people from academia. The only problem with this is that it makes too much sense, so it could never pass into law.

 

[bfhslilred93]

this just seems like such a no brainer to me it makes me wanna cry.

 

[bfhslilred93]

bump

 

[rgonzales]

personally i agree with your idea but i agree it does make too much sense and therefor will not pass

 

[Allan01230]

Great idea and you never know somebody might actually listen to you. You say your a teenager? Ever think about going into political science in college? When need young people like you/ very badly!

 

[terd ferguson]

Permits are simply another way for the government to levy unconstitutional taxes. Why one would want not only the fees associated with the permits, but also the higher taxes from the government jobs created to hand out and keep records of these permits, is beyond me.

Everyone should be prepared to go as far as they can to defeat this bill. If you accept government intrusion into our hobby, it will never stop. It will only incrementally get worse. Ask gun owners.

 

[ewurm]

That's a well thought out idea. I think it needs to include regional considerations to be fair. The bill needs to incorporate ideas like this.

 

[Finalfire9]

Thats a way better way of mapping it

 

[kog]

did you even watch the hearing video? they do want to assess each animals ecology relative to the receiving habitat eg. quantify its invasive capabilities.

Do you know how much it has already cost to attempt to eradite populations of invasive species? Youre suggesting that people be able to keep potentially highly invasive species, which I cant agree with. The rejection of such species seems like such a no brainer it makes me want to cry.