Wednesday, November 28, 2012 - by American Bird
Convervancy
One of the country’s leading conservation groups
wants Congress to ban imports of reticulated pythons, green anacondas, boa
constrictors, and two other constrictor snakes that pose a major threat to
native wildlife. In a letter sent the U.S. House Resource Committee, American
Bird Conservancy says these snakes should be added to the list of “injurious wildlife”
regulated by the Lacey Act, one of America’s oldest conservation statutes
designed to protect wildlife from illegal trade. The change would make
importing or transporting these snakes over state lines a federal offence.
“This bill (H.R. 511 –To Prohibit the
Importation of Various Injurious Species of Constrictor Snakes) is necessary to
prevent the further spread of these aggressive, invasive predators,” said Darin
Schroeder, Vice President for Conservation Advocacy at ABC. “It’s
well-established that these snakes are highly adaptable to new environments,
and that they consume a wide variety of prey, including mammal, amphibian,
lizard, and threatened and endangered bird species.”
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