ALERT: Washington Animal Program Ban

ALERT: Washington Animal Program Ban

Jan 8, 2024

UPDATE: These bills are dead for the year as they failed to be assigned hearings and clear Commitee before the cutoff date. Due to the many stakeholders who voiced their opposition, the bills were unfavorable in the legislature. Thank you to everyone who engaged and...
ALERT: Washington Animal Program Ban

ALERT: Florida Ban on All Iguanas

Dec 28, 2023

HB1033 seeks to expand the ban on green iguanas (Iguana iguana) to include all iguana species. This would mean that rock iguanas, spiny-tailed iguanas, rhinoceros iguanas, and all other species would be prohibited species. It does this by changing statute from reading...
ALERT: Washington Animal Program Ban

ALERT: Louisiana Reptile Ban

Dec 23, 2023

UPDATE 8/26/25: The Department has finally written permit applications and released information on the new rules. “There are now permit requirements to possess prohibited and restricted nonnative reptile and amphibian species, as well as continued permitting...
ALERT: Washington Animal Program Ban

Lacey Act amendments included in House report

Dec 19, 2023

Lacey Act amendments regarding injurious species are included in a report (read it at https://usark.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/23-reset-prevent-rebuild-report-with-lacey.pdf) from the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States...
CITES Amphibian Trade Survey

CITES Amphibian Trade Survey

Aug 18, 2023

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is conducting a review of the global amphibian trade. As part of this effort, CITES and The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) have developed a questionnaire...