Jan 30, 2025
UPDATE: The Governor vetoed this bill! This bill was pushed by PeTA and animal rights groups to advance their agenda of removing animals from our lives. The Governor did the right thing. UPDATE 2/17/25: The bill passed the House and will go to the Governor. The vote...
Jan 23, 2025
UPDATE 2/21: HB5905 failed to be “raised” before the deadline, which was today. The bill is dead for this session. Thank you for your support that made USARK’s work on this bill possible! Connecticut House Bill 5905 would ban the trade of exotic...
Jan 23, 2025
UPDATE 2/21: HB5902 failed to be “raised” before the deadline, which was today. The bill is dead for this session. Thank you for your support that made USARK’s work on this bill possible! Connecticut House Bill 5902 would ban the breeding of animals...
Jan 15, 2025
New York Assembly Bill A1685 and companion S6621 ban the breeding, sale, trade, purchase, distribution, transport, importation, and exportation of red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans). Some exemptions exist, but not for private breeders. There is no...
Jan 8, 2025
In January 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) published an interim rule listing 201 species (20 genera) of salamanders as injurious under the Lacey Act. FWS has now finalized that rule and written an interim rule that adds 16 genera (about 164 species),...