ALERT: Wildlife-Borne Disease Prevention Act (Federal)

UPDATE (with original alert below): The HEROES Act squeaked thought the House with a vote of 208 – 199. While it is expected that the Act will not be supported by the Senate, we all must be aware of what is happening in the current political...

Federal bill: Global Wildlife Health and Pandemic Prevention Act

While the discussion draft of this bill is not alarming for herpetoculture and most other animal interest groups, it is important to keep note of the many bills that will be coming (at all levels of government). With these bills, we will see proposals for banning or...

New website! ALERT updates

​ It’s finally here! We have a new website and it is finally live! Thank you greatly to all of those who stuck with us while we worked to bring you a better resource for keeping updated on the important issues affecting herpetoculture. We cannot properly express...
Statement on Reptile Facility Tragedy

Statement on Reptile Facility Tragedy

It is with great sadness we have learned that on Wednesday, October 30th, a woman was found dead at a reptile breeding facility in Oxford, Indiana. The victim was found unconscious with a reticulated python around her neck and shoulders, and efforts at resuscitation...
ACTION ALERT: New Cumberland, PA

ACTION ALERT: New Cumberland, PA

UPDATE 11/7/19: Thanks to overwhelming opposition from those appeared to speak, the ordinance was tabled at the November 7 meeting, meaning there was no vote. This is very good but a lot of still needs to be done. Only very minor edits have been done so far, such as...