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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DustyD" data-source="post: 209419" data-attributes="member: 36911">[USER=14430]@Padraig Sea[/USER] You stated:"Make no mistake: this has nothing to do with invasive species or conservation."You are clearly wrong and hyping the matter. It has everything to do with invasive species!Almost identical wording was discussed in a Senate committee last year, proposed by a Democrat and Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican from Florida where invasive species have become a huge problem.It is fine to oppose legislation, but please do it without fanning the mob mentality. It is comments like yours that lead to wild stories that people are already dumping or considering dumping their animals because of this bill that is not even a law yet.You said: " It literally means that if they decide your tarantula, scorpion or centipede could survive in Florida, it is an injurious species and cannot be transported across ANY state line for ANY reason."My response: Some states, maybe many, already have restrictions in place on what exotic animals you can own. So some of that is already in place.I don't know if this bill is the right approach or not. What I do know is that invasive species are already wreaking havoc with some of our ecosystems.  And without action, it will only get worse. Stirring up emotions and creating that mob mentality, is not the solution.</blockquote>