RUBIO TO DESTROY PET INDUSTRY

YOUTUBE -- FATHER FISH ^ | 2/15/22 | Louis Foxwell

[Louis Foxwell]

Senator Rubio Marco has slipped an amendment, without discussion, into the HR5421 COMPETES bill, now before the Senate, that completely destroys the multibillion dollar pet industry and ends efforts to protect precious species around the world.

S626, entered into the Senate hopper last March, is one of 600 amendments to the COMPETES bill that will pass without discussion should the Senate approve this bill. Senator Schumer has assured us this will happen. 20 Republicans are on board with the fundamentals of this bill as passed last year in the Senate.

[Louis Foxwell]

Senator Rubio Marco has slipped an amendment, without discussion, into the HR5421 COMPETES bill, now before the Senate, that completely destroys the multibillion dollar pet industry and ends efforts to protect precious species around the world.

S626, entered into the Senate hopper last March, is one of 600 amendments to the COMPETES bill that will pass without discussion should the Senate approve this bill. Senator Schumer has assured us this will happen. 20 Republicans are on board with the fundamentals of this bill as passed last year in the Senate. Senator Rubio’s secret Trojan Horse bill amends the Lacey Act by ending the black list of banned animals to a white list of approved animals. 20,0000 animals of all kinds are now marketed in the US. All but the tiniest fraction will be on this white list.

Rubio’s Lacey Act amendments are a swiss cheese of ill advised, destructive measures that will create chaos in a well regulated, heavily monitored industry and bring harm and destruction to critical biotopes and species around the world. This does not count the millions of jobs lost, businesses destroyed, and scientific research strangled.

Destructive invasives comprise a tiny fraction of the 20,000 animals currently traded in the US. Destroying an entire industry to stop a few possible animals of concern is irrational. Laws and state efforts to mitigate such events are in place now.

Destructive invasives were brought into this country 25 and more years ago primarily by ill advised government mitigation efforts, not by hobbyists releasing unwanted pets. The science has grown immeasurably since then. These issues are no longer occurring. Mitigation efforts for existing issues are needed, not an outright ban on everything.

Our state Wildlife agencies are best able to assess their local environments and control species of concern. Federal rules are inappropriate to local conditions.

This federal law would create a one size fits all draconian ban on any imported animal capable of surviving anywhere in the US including its tropical territories. Nothing fails this test.

We are about to witness the absolute ban on nearly every animal imported into the US regardless of its origin or nature. Animals raised on farms, sustainably collected, of no risk at all to any environment in the US, ALL will be considered a threat until proven otherwise.

This legislation will destroy a sophisticated, well regulated industry that has not had a destructive invasive animal escape in 25 years. All of the destructive species in the US today were released, some in massive numbers, more than 25 years ago.

Not every animal is a nail to be smashed by a federal mallet.

Louis Foxwell, citizen

[Spktyr]

Who is Senator Rubio Marco? I don’t see anyone by that name in the list of Senators.

[DannyTN]

I have a skunk under my house if anyone wants it. FREE

[Socon-Econ]

Those bone crushing snakes that escaped into Florida are not pets.

[Ikeon]

The sky isnt falling. The nutjobs can still own a pit bull in some states.

[Bayard]

Is this also aimed at agriculture and cattle ownership?

[Ikeon]

And “ completely xestroys the multi billion dollar pet i dustry? “ Take a chill pill there Karen, some cbd oil and a few shots and calm tf down. The only industry being destroyed is the dangerous and invasive species pet industry. Ask austrailia about the cane toad.

[NautiNurse]

The invasion of exotic reptiles and amphibians in Florida

The raccoons and marsh rabbits and opossums and other small, warmblooded animals are gone, or almost gone, because Burmese pythons seem to have eaten them.

The Snakes That Ate Florida

See also Lion Fish, Giant African Snail, Tegu lizard, and Spiny-tailed Iguanas, which appear in South Florida toilets, to name just a few.

[Hot Tabasco]

and cane toads

I love the Youtube channels where they hunt iguanas in S. Florida using air rifles

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

All but the tiniest fraction will be on this white list.

You mean "WON'T be on this white list", correct?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Aren’t lion fish poisonous as well?

[NautiNurse]

Yes, and cane toads. If your pet bites or swallows a cane toad, they can become sick and die in as little as 15 minutes without proper treatment.

[NautiNurse]

Lionfish are venomous, not poisonous, which means they deliver their toxin through needles, namely their spines. People can safely catch, cook and consume lionfish as long as they avoid the offending spines. Good luck.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

That’s cool.

[dangus]

Can you stop hyperventilating and tell us what the bill actually does?

[humblegunner]

This was bunk the first four times you posted it.
Are you having trouble with hysteria, Louie?

[dangus]

The America COMPETES Act is a travesty, but for other reasons. HR 5421 seeks to import limitless numbers of Chinese nationals to take jobs in the U.S. tech industry. Literally limitless. Got a rag from the Chinese government saying you can code? Welcome to America. The people you will be replacing will teach you how to program.

But no, it does not destroy the pet industry. In fact, it doesn’t even affect the pet industry in the slightest way, except protecting it from a tiny amount of competition... if by “pet” you mean an animal which has been bred over generations to be suited to living with humans. Just because a human owns it and doesn’t want to eat it doesn’t make it a “pet.” I mean, I’d LOVE to cuddle and endlessly watch otters or raccoons, but that doesn’t mean they’re pets. (Also, not covered by this act by the way.) Neither are dangerous, invasive species (which this act does cover).

What the Lacey Act amendments do is restore as Congressional Law certain Department of Interior regulations that existed prior to a court ruling in 2017 that were aimed at curtailing invasive species.

[Hot Tabasco]

When my sister and brother-in-law lived in Honduras, both their doberman and German shepherd died after biting into toads....

[NautiNurse]

This was bunk the first four times you posted it. Are you having trouble with hysteria, Louie?

I don't agree with you often, but this time you are spot on target.

[NautiNurse]

Painful loss for your sister’s pets. Fortunately, our dogs steer clear of toads, while the terrier/beagle mix is the snake and squirrel hunter extraordinaire.