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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Metalman2004" data-source="post: 134990" data-attributes="member: 7681">It seems there is some misunderstanding of the laws in question here.  The Lacey Act has been US law since 1900.  Among other things it makes wildlife illegal in the US that other countries say it is illegal to export.  Furthermore, Brazil’s law restricting wildlife export went into effect in 1999.  Neither of these laws are new.  It is my understanding that it was the US that stopped the T seledonia import, not the Brazilians (I could be wrong on that).  They are simply enforcing a law thats been on the books for decades.The ESA has been around since 1973.  There has been almost no pushback on this law from politicians on either side that i can see until now.  The Trump administration is apparently working to gut the law, allbeit for special interests (no surprise there).  Despite that, there is widespread support for the ESA from the vast majority of politicians and the US population in general.The bottom line is none of this is new.  Us tarantula hobbyists are up in arms now because it is finally effecting us.  Nothing has changed for decades, and it sure won’t change because the smallest sector of the pet trade doesn’t like what is happening.  The left’s special interest groups would rather us not keep tarantulas as pets at all (ie Wildearth Guardians and PETA) and the right doesn’t care because its not industrial scale pet sales.Sorry to be matter-of-fact but thats the way it is and it isn’t going to change...PS if you have time, do some googling on the Lacey Act and all the ways its been abused and misinterpreted.</blockquote>

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