[Gpdd] Misc: HB 699

[Algernon07 at aol.com]

https://community- .hsus.org/campaign/FED_20- 09_nonnativewildife2?

I believe someone here posted this link. It gives a brief overview of the 
real objectives and now I'm   sorry that I made my phone calls and wrote my 
letters to kill the bill. Our guys are all grandfathered in. Who wrote the 
original post letting us know that our fur babies were not targets, not our 
piggies or bunnies or hamsters or ferrets, etc. ? Please repeat your post. 
But, HB 699 is actually meant to block harmful or potentially harmful wild 
non-native species from being brought into this country.
Aha, here is something Capt'n Jack posted elsewhere. It's far from all 
inclusive but it helps clarify things. But do use the URL above -- copy and 
paste to your browser window.

HB699
Actually, contrary to what we were all led to believe, the bill wasn't that 
bad at all though it got a huge response (and was voted down),   our mum 
being one of da many wanting to see da bill killed. We would have all been 
fine if da bill HAD gone through (if you cut and paste the link in your browser 
you'll get a good over view). Da bill was mostly too keep certain foreign 
wild critters from being imported. We have been here long enough to be 
citizens and then some! Its like the python thing and all the dangerous critters 
dat not be from around dis country being brought here then eventually being 
let loose like in Florida in the swamps, and other places where they can 
thrive, after getting too big to keep. (Speaking of pythons,   I thinks day 
found an 18 footer dare.)   Apparently, at least a third of our country's 
waterways could support life not meant to be in dis country. I mean, who wants to 
see their humans go water skiing only to be grabbed by a big constrictor 
type snake? Or who wants to be dinner for one? Or for a school of piranahs? 
"Shiver me timbers," as we pirate folk are reported to say when at a loss of 
words. And its not just waterways. It's other critters coming and feasting on 
those critters who belong here. Or destroying the environment of our natural 
species. Like hey, wolves are native species, but pythons and da like are 
not. And how about the person that decides that they want to keep a hooded 
cobra, manages to get one, and it gets loose. These things happen!
Capt'n Jack

Alge here: Capt. Jack seems to be kind of hung up on giant pythons and 
constrictors. He's seen all this on TV and it unsettled both him and Barnacle 
Bill. There are many other animals destructive to our native animal population 
being brought in and being sold. The reptile people seem to be among those 
most interested in seeing these practices continue.

Alge


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