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This is BAD news to the arachnid hobby and all other exotic animal industries. We strongly encourage all of our followers to call and write your state senators in protest to the Lacey Act amendments on the America COMPLETES Act 2022, that just passed the House TODAY by a slim margin. The over 600 proposed amendments will effectively ban ALL interstate movement (not just sales) and ANY importation of any nonnative wildlife that is not on the Lacey Act’s proposed “whitelist”.

This issue is not just about reptiles, or birds, or fish, or amphibians, or mammals - it is about ALL of them. If you own any animal other than a dog, cat, or traditional farm animal, your species could be treated as injurious. If you have an animal interest business, this will likely affect you.

USARK has a summary of the changes included in the Act, and has written a very professional script for calls & emails that you can copy and modify as you see fit. PLEASE contact your senators about this ASAP!

More info on the America COMPLETES Act and the Lacey Act amendments here:
https://usark.org/2022lacey
Find and contact your state senators here:
https://www.senate.gov/senators/sen.....rs-contact.htm
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