REXANO OPPOSES S 373 (111th Congress, Year 2009)
To Include Python genera as an injurious animal
FAQ: USA FEDERAL BILLS H.R. 2811 and S. 373 to Include Python genera as an Injurious Animal Winter 2009/2010 NEW
Civil Reptile Rights Activist March in 2010 NEW
Latest action: 5/5/2010 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 365. Senate Reports: 111-180
S.373
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Also see companion bill
H.R.2811
Title: A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor
snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious animal.
Sponsor: Democrat Sen Nelson, Bill [FL]
(introduced 2/3/2009)
Latest Major Action: 12/10/2009 Senate
committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Committee on Environment and Public
Works. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute favorably.
Cosponsors (1)
Democrat: Sen Levin, Carl
[MI]
Latest Major Action: 2/3/2009 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Read
twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works
Speech of Bill Sponsor Sen. Bill Nelson
CAPTIVE PYTHONS AND BOAS IN THE USA: Separating Facts from Fiction December 2009
REXANO Video: Exotic Animal Owners Under Attack
Editorial: Python Attacks And Hysterical Politicians By Zuzana Kukol, 7/12/2009
USARK: Wake Up Call to Reptile Nation! 7/11/2009
| Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife and Subcommittee on Oversight joint hearing entitled, “Threats to Native Wildlife Species.” 7/8/2009, 10:00 AM EDT, EPW Hearing Room - 406 Dirksen ARCHIVE WEBCAST |
| Witnesses: Opening Remarks, Panel 1 |
| Gary Frazer, Assistant Director for Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, United States Fish and Wildlife Service |
| Bill Clay, Acting Associate Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, United States Department of Agriculture |
| Witnesses: Opening Remarks, Panel 2 |
| Dr. Gregory Ruiz, Senior Scientist, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Marine Invasions Research Laboratory |
| Rebecca Humphries, Director, Michigan Department of Natural Resources |
| John Torgan, Narragansett Baykeeper, Save the Bay, Inc. |
| Jeffrey E. Hill, Assistant Professor, Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, University of Florida |
| Statement of Senator Carl Levin |
| Statement of Senator Bill Nelson |
USARK: Press Release July 2, 2009
Video: Pythons Set Up Home in South Carolina 6/24/2009
News: Foridal State wildlife officials propose bounty on pythons in Everglades 5/28/2009
BACKGROUND: Python Map
PIJAC SURVEY on Pythons 2/19/2009
In the news:
To avoid 'giant python in Everglades,' lawmaker working to ban import, trade 5/5/2009 AUDIO
First, they came for the pythons . . . February 2009
Also see:
HR 6311 2008 info
CDC Government Propaganda this
bill is supposedly based on
Propaganda Ridden Animal Rights Report this
bill is supposedly based on
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