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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rs50matt" data-source="post: 146630" data-attributes="member: 27872">The good news is that I was told what’s in is in and that if an endemic Brazilian species came into the country on a legal import and was cleared by FWS or customs, they would not be considered illegal. No one will be coming to people’s houses or businesses, or pursuing legal action against those that own or sell these species. It was my understanding that whether the species were let in because customs or FWS missed them on the import, didn’t check or simply didn’t know the law at that time, they would not be going after the individuals that imported these species. This is great news for the US hobby because if things are written as I was told they will be, we will be able to continue to breed, sell and transfer Brazilian species that have already come into the country.”I think it's a massive overreaction.  What I got from it was although they have come into the country illegally nothing will be done to effect the hobby. Future imports will be effected and potentially stopped but no ones stopping you selling what you already have.</blockquote>