And of course they don't want to take our pets away...here is the latest and greatest:
COMING TO A PLACE WHERE YOU LIVE SOON
Clark County Nevada
ACTION ALERT
"THIS IS AN ACTION ALERT FOR ALL CLARK COUNTY AND LAS VEGAS EXOTIC
ANIMAL OWNERS.
Clark County is in the process of drafting and attempting to implement
new animal regulations again. And this time it's a real doozy. They want
to ban the captive breeding of ALL ANIMALS that are not dogs and cats.
This will include all reptiles, amphibians, all fish, all birds and all
small mammals such as sugar gliders, rabbits, chinchillas, and all
rodents (hamsters, rats, mice). The regulation says ALL ANIMALS. This
may or may not include INVERTEBRATES, depending on how the county
defines animals. That would mean NO tarantulas, roaches, or crickets.
What does this MEAN TO YOU? It means if you own a pair of Leopard Geckos
and you keep them together and the female lays eggs and you allow them
to hatch, you have broken the law. If you breed Canaries and you allow
them to stay together and babies hatch from this pairing, you have
broken the law. If you have a fish tank full of Guppies and they make
more Guppies, you will be in violation of county law. If you breed
feeder rodents such as rats, mice, or rabbits you are breaking the law.
If you legally collect a Gopher Snake and it lays eggs and you incubate
and hatch them, you are a criminal according to these propose
regulations. As mentioned, how they define ANIMAL is going to either
make it legal or illegal to breed insects or other invertebrates. If it
makes it illegal, then say goodbye to breeding crickets, roaches,
spiders, tarantulas, meal worms, horned worms, and earthworms.
Springtails will be forbidden. Same with fruit flies.
The SECOND PART OF THIS REGULATION BANS THE SELLING OF ANY ANIMAL BY
PRIVATE PARTIES. That means ANY ANIMAL. If you get caught posting a
Crested gecko for sale on Craig's list or on Face Book or on a web site
you will be tracked down and arrested. If you invite friends to your
home and sell them ANY ANIMAL you will be a criminal. You will not be
able to sell any animal, period. No birds, no rats, no mice, no
hamsters. NOTHING. NADA. ZIP. The only way you can legally sell anything
is if you are a licensed business like a pet store. Some have claimed
they can obtain a business license for their homes. Even though it might
be possible, it is doubtful. You'll have to get a special use permit
from the county first anyway. This means that all your neighbors and
anyone that reads your license, which is provided to all the public by
law, will know exactly what you have in your house. Your home will also
be subject to open inspections by the police, animal control and the state.
Local pet stores in the area often depend on locally produced animals to
sell in their stores. Most rats and mice are produced by home breeders,
as are most feeder insect except for crickets. If this ban takes place,
many stores will have to turn to outside of Nevada sources for feeders.
This will cause a price increase across the board, meaning it will cost
you more to provide food for your animals. Many pet stores also purchase
bread and butter animals from local breeders such as Corn Snakes, King
Snakes, Leopard Geckos, Crested Geckos and so on. Once again stores will
be forced to purchase these animals out of state, causing another price
increase.
WHAT CAN YOU DO? Share this with as many people as you can. Ask Nevada
local Face Book pages that deal with pets in any way to post and pin
this to the top of their FB pages. You can also join the Facebook page
Save our Exotics at
Log into Facebook | Facebook This page is
there to garner support and information about not only the county
regulations, but also for state and other local law issues. Join in on
the conversation, add ideas and give them your input. Join the Southern
Nevada Herpetological Society (
Home Page and
The Southern Nevada Herpetological Society | Facebook This group will keep you abreast on all
things reptile and exotic going on in Nevada.
WHAT ELSE CAN YOU DO? Keep up to date on the goings on around you. Check
local government sites for anything they try to sneak in on us. And PLAN
TO ATTEND ALL COUNTY, CITY AND STATE MEETINGS WHEN YOU ARE ASKED TO.
There is strength in numbers, and we will need as many bodies as
possible to attend these meetings and hearings. You may or may not want
to publicly speak, and that's fine either way. But your presence will be
noted by the people that run things, and that's very important.
ANOTHER THING YOU CAN DO is sit back, relax and do nothing. This is not
a good option. I have learned in life to never expect to have anyone do
anything for you. If this set of new regulations effects you in any way,
it is your obligation to step up and do something about it. Here's your
chance.
Thank you for reading and please SHARE." - SNHS
There will be a public meeting next Thursday. All pet owners and others
affected should attend!
This text and information has been provided by the Southern Nevada
Herpetological Society (SNHS). Please follow the links provided above
for updates.
Contact information to voice your opposition:
By email:
AnimalControlinfo@ClarkCountyNV.gov
By U.S. Mail at:
Clark County Animal Control
Attn: Jason Allswang
2911 East Sunset Road
Las Vegas, NV 89120
By hand delivery:
Clark County Animal Control
Attn: Jason Allswang
2911 East Sunset Road
Las Vegas, NV 89120
By fax: (702) 407-6829
View the proposed ordinance at
http://usark.org/…/2015/02/Title-10-changes-Clark-County.pdf.
View the public notice at
http://usark.org/…/u…/2015/02/Public-Notice-Clark-County.pdf.
View a letter to local businesses at
http://usark.org/…/2015/02/letter-to-businesses-Clark-Count….
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