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S373! Act Now!

I posted ~somewhere~ yesterday but I went to my Senator's website & wrote a personal message to him about this bill. If it makes it out of the Senate & on to House/Senate conference I will do the same for my Congresscritter.

Personal letters & phone calls work better than signing petitions or sending a letter that is identical to someone else's. So if you're going to send a letter that you copied from someone else, change it a little bit so it's not identical.
 
I don't know if anybody can tell me, but I keep seeing a list of senators to write, and neither of mine are on the list. Are they all going to vote on it, or what? (I'm an idiot when it comes to politics) I wrote both of my Senators last night, so hopefully they take it to heart and vote no.
 
I've done all the steps listed and plan on contacting more senators this weekend. I don't own any pythons or boas...YET, but I just won't let this stand. It's ridiculous! I couldn't imagine the horror of y'all that own these beautiful creatures. I know I'd fight until the end to keep my animals, because in all honesty, they're right up there with my family...for all intensive purposes, they ARE my children!
 
Suzy said:
I don't know if anybody can tell me, but I keep seeing a list of senators to write, and neither of mine are on the list. Are they all going to vote on it, or what? (I'm an idiot when it comes to politics) I wrote both of my Senators last night, so hopefully they take it to heart and vote no.
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Now that it's passed the committee, it will eventually go to the full senate and you can just write your own senators now.
 
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US Chamber of Commerce Opposes S373
WILMINGTON, NC, December 16--In a letter addressed to the Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works the US Chamber of Commerce takes a position opposing S. 373 that echoes the position of the United States Association of Reptile Keepers. The bill ostensibly written to address the issue of feral Burmese pythons in the Everglades is overreaching and circumvents the scientific listing process called for by the Lacey Act through the US Fish & Wildlife Service.

USARK believes that Burmese pythons have been sensationalized in the media and S. 373 has become overly politicized. USARK president Andrew Wyatt stated, “I don’t think there is any doubt that the Humane Society of the United States is trying to highjack this bill and use it as a tool to destroy the trade in high quality captive bred reptiles”. The HSUS has a long standing ideological position opposing all reptiles in captivity. They have lobbied extensively to pass as broad a version of S. 373 as possible.

As written, S. 373 would not achieve its stated goal of addressing the problem of feral pythons in the Everglades. It would, however, have a tremendous impact on the trade of captive bred reptiles in the US and abroad including a number of pythons and Boa constrictor. The trade in captive bred reptiles is a $3 billion a year industry and US exports account for 82% of trade worldwide. S. 373 if passed would be devastating. Thousands of jobs would be lost and scores of small family owned businesses would be bankrupted.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the world’s largest business federation representing more than three million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region, opposes S. 373. According to the US Chamber of Commerce, “if enacted in its current form, this legislation would adversely impact tens of thousands of businesses”. The Chamber goes on to state that, “If, however, Congress intends to pass a ban to limit the import of the Burmese Python, then it is essential that the proposed ban be drafted as narrowly as possible”.
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Thank you so much for posting this. It has been sent to all of my friends that love my snakes and they were more than happy to help since it was made so easy for them to do. I am sending this to everyone I know, my aunt who hates my snakes has even filled out the info. and is sending letters to her senators. She may not like them but she wants me happy and to move back to wyoming and if this is passed I wont move so I can keep my snakes.
 
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