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<blockquote data-quote="Padraig Sea" data-source="post: 209536" data-attributes="member: 14430"><p>There are no provisions for public input. It amends Lacey to grant USFWS to declare any species it wants injurious overnight. It eliminates the public commenting period. </p><p></p><p>The only “input” it grants is your right to request that animals be added to the white list for importation. If they are not on the list, they can be denied entry or seized. </p><p></p><p>Today USFWS is denying entry to animals from over a dozen countries on the basis that they were never exported legally. In many cases these are species that have already been imported to the US in the tens of thousands, and where there is ample evidence that founder stock was exported legally. The “recourse” is an administrative process that takes years to resolve or a lawsuit that would cost hundreds of thousands to litigate. Again, this is the situation now. If the law passes, it will get much, much worse, and while I can’t speak for every importer, I would simply throw in the towel if it passed. </p><p></p><p>I strong suggest people actually read <a href="https://usark.org/" target="_blank">USARKs</a> analysis of this awful legislation instead of shrugging and assuming it won’t be a big deal.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Padraig Sea, post: 209536, member: 14430"] There are no provisions for public input. It amends Lacey to grant USFWS to declare any species it wants injurious overnight. It eliminates the public commenting period. The only “input” it grants is your right to request that animals be added to the white list for importation. If they are not on the list, they can be denied entry or seized. Today USFWS is denying entry to animals from over a dozen countries on the basis that they were never exported legally. In many cases these are species that have already been imported to the US in the tens of thousands, and where there is ample evidence that founder stock was exported legally. The “recourse” is an administrative process that takes years to resolve or a lawsuit that would cost hundreds of thousands to litigate. Again, this is the situation now. If the law passes, it will get much, much worse, and while I can’t speak for every importer, I would simply throw in the towel if it passed. I strong suggest people actually read [URL='https://usark.org/']USARKs[/URL] analysis of this awful legislation instead of shrugging and assuming it won’t be a big deal. [/QUOTE]
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