ALERT: Blue Tree Monitor ESA Listing
UPDATE 7/15/25: FWS is reopening the comment period on the proposed rule to list the blue tree monitor (Varanus macraei), as an endangered species under the Endangered Species Act. Comments previously submitted need not be resubmitted and will be fully considered in...Wisconsin Herp Rule Review
UPDATE 5/18/25: Despite receiving opposition to some of the new regulations from state legislators, DNR moved forward with regulations that ban possession of all native species, including captive-bred animals (except for three “color variants”), and the...ALERT: Vermont slider ban
The Vermont legislature amended a bill just before passage. The amendment added Trachemys scripta as a prohibited species. Anyone who owned the turtles prior to July 1, 2025, may keep their animals. Per the amendment, a “person shall not import, possess, or sell...
ALERT: Lincoln County, NC
UPDATE 1/5/26: The Commissioners again denied public comment and passed the ordinance with a 3-1 vote. The dissenting vote occurred because he felt that there should be no grandfathering of currently owned animals (meaning they should be seized or killed). There is a...ALERT: Federal Herp and Fish Regulations
Representative Betty McCollum (MN) has reintroduced a bill titled “To amend the Animal Welfare Act to include cold-blooded species as animals, and for other purposes.” McCollum introduced this at the end of the last session (died with session adjournment), and it is...Become A member
