ALERT: Illinois Animal Program Ban

ALERT: Illinois Animal Program Ban

UPDATE 3/24/21: Thank you to everyone who opposed this bill! HB3889 has received a motion to table! Essentially, this will be the end for this bill as the sponsor is pulling it from consideration (i.e. no hearings and it will die) under Rule 60(b) that allows the...
ALERT: Alaska Salamander Ban

ALERT: Alaska Salamander Ban

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has proposed a ban on 201 species of salamanders. This is an amendment to a current regulation banning certain fish, mollusks, and crustaceans. The comment deadline is 5:00 p.m. on March 14, 2021. The new regulation...
ALERT: Illinois Animal Program Ban

ALERT: New York shipping ban

This bill has broad sweeping negative impacts on many animal interest groups including farmers, bird breeders, reptile keepers, mammal breeders, and more. New York Assembly Bill 4611 (A04611) was introduced on February 4. This bill seeks to ban the shipping of all...
1/30/21 ALERTS and UPDATES

1/30/21 ALERTS and UPDATES

ALERT: South Carolina tegu ban Read the full alert at https://usark.org/2021-sc-tegu. UPDATE: The hearing on this issue is February 4, 2021, at 10:00 AM. You must register to speak by February 3 via email. All details can be found at https://usark.org/2021-sc-tegu....
ALERT: Illinois Animal Program Ban

ALERT: Oregon Animal Program Ban

UPDATE 1/26/21: HB3008 is assigned to the House Committee On Agriculture and Natural Resources. Please send your comments to Committee members even if you already contacted the sponsor! All contact details are below under the Sample Messaging section. Oregon House...

ALERT: South Carolina tegu ban

ALERT: South Carolina tegu ban UPDATE: This has gone through the legislature and passed. All details from SCDNR can be found at https://www.dnr.sc.gov/wildlife/herps/tegu.html. The new regulations, enacted on May 28, 2021, prohibit Tegus and their hybrids to be...