scary

[fishoholic]

Yikes! That is scary. Lets hope that never happens.

[bignose]

This seems unrealistic considering it's a billion dollar industry.

[jsmth321]

Originally Posted by mike31154

He, he, I don't think something like this has a hope. You'd have to include dogs, cats, the list goes on. .

Dogs, cats and goldfish and some farm animals have an exemption.

[digital-audiophile]

Really? This isn't an april fools joke?

What are they really trying to accomplish here? Keep PETA happy?

[mike31154]

Originally Posted by jsmth321

Dogs, cats and goldfish and some farm animals have an exemption.

Yes, I was aware of that, the point I'm trying to make is, where do you draw the line? What makes one species more harmful to the 'native' land than another?

You should see the headlines in Kelowna due to the feral rabbit problem in the city. It's hilarious. Downtown is overrun with the critters and on one side you have the folks that want them gone no matter how and the other camp is in a tiffy because of the 'method' used to cull them. And it was so called pet lovers that created the problem in the first place because they set them loose after the novelty of having one wore off.

In the south Okanagan there's an issue with wild horses and I remember living in Ottawa, people complaining about the 'native' deer population being a danger to drivers. If people just used a little common sense and took responsibility for their actions with respect to pet ownership, there wouldn't be a problem nor a need for some misguided politician to draft up something like this. People are losing their jobs/livelihood and certain politicians have nothing better to do than come up with something like this?

Ok, gotta calm down... Happy Easter.

[Delphinus]

Huh. Interesting..

[RuGlu6]

Originally Posted by Leah

Next time you go to the supermarket watch to see when they unload bananas.......
they usually wear gloves, ever ask yourself why?
Somehow I doubt that this will be high on anyones priority list given the certain real
problems facing the U.S. at the moment. Oh and Canada.

So why do the wear gloves? To protect hands from what?
thx

[Delphinus]

To quote the Banana Boat song,

A beautiful bunch a' ripe banana
Daylight come and me wan' go home
Hide the deadly black tarantula
Daylight come and me wan' go home

I'm sure other things probably hide in there too.

[jsmth321]

Originally Posted by mike31154

Yes, I was aware of that, the point I'm trying to make is, where do you draw the line? What makes one species more harmful to the 'native' land than another?

I suppose that would be up to the biologists and other experts at the US Fish and Wildlife service to determine.

Appears there were a group if 14 democrats who were bored.

The main sponsor is from Guam and Guam does have a serious issue of introduced species that are wrecking havoc on native bird populations, so I can see why it would be of importance to that particular member of congress.

It would be better to mandate each state/territory to bring up their own list as a species that is a threat to Florida may not be one in Maine.

[Sebae again]

Yep Delphinus you are right.When I used to work at the old Woodwards food floor one came out of a bunch of bananas at the check out.The cashiers screams were more terrifying than the sight of the spider.That cashier had dance moves that Michael Jackson couldnt even do.Two more seconds and I would have had the thing bagged for the lucky customer.