South Carolina H4874
Representative Hixon has introduced H4874 which is a bill that creates Chapter 17 under Title 50 of the SC Code. Reading the bill is quite alarming but please allow us to explain the intent of the bill. Briefly, the bill will allow the South Carolina Department of...
ALERT: Washington Animal Program Ban
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: Florida Ban on All Iguanas
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: Louisiana Reptile Ban
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...
CITES Amphibian Trade Survey
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...Become A member
