Proposta legislazione in Florida

[AleeHali]

Ciao,
A titolo di curiosità, ecco un estratto dalla proposta di emendamento della legislazione sul prelievo ed il possesso dei rettili in Florida.
Dando una scorsa alle specie coinvolte, molte delle quali istintivamente ci sembrano "comunissime", ci si rende conto che le cose si stanno mettendo maluccio...

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(6) No person shall take more than a total of five (5) native Florida freshwater turtles each day unless authorized by permit from the Executive Director as provided in Rules 68A-9.002 and 68A-27 F.A.C. Freshwater turtles may be taken as prescribed in Rules 68A-23.012 and 68A-23.003, F.A.C., and manually or by baited hooks, bow, dip nets, traps so designed that any freshwater fish taken therein may escape, or by spearing only during daylight hours. The taking of turtles by bucket traps, snares, or shooting with firearms is prohibited. No person shall buy, sell, or possess for sale any alligator snapping turtle (Macroclemys temminckii), box turtle (Terrapene carolina), Barbour’s map turtle (Graptemys barbouri), Escambia River map turtle (Graptemys ernsti), diamondback terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin), river cooter (Pseudemys concinna), or loggerhead musk turtle (Sternotherus minor), or parts thereof. No person shall possess more than two (2) Barbour’s map turtles, two (2) Escambia River map turtles, two (2) diamondback terrapins, two (2) river cooters, two (2) box turtles, two (2) loggerhead musk turtles, or one (1) alligator snapping turtle unless authorized by permit from the Executive Director as provided in Rules 68A-5.004, 68A-9.002, and 68A-27.002 68A-27 F.A.C. River cooters may not be taken from 15 April to 31 July.
(7) No softshell turtles (Apalone spp.) or their eggs may be taken from the wild during the period 1 May to 31 July.
(8) No person shall possess more than 50 eggs taken from the wild in the aggregate of species of freshwater turtle native to Florida except as authorized by permit from the executive director as provided in Rules 68A-5.004, 68A-9.002, and 68A-27.002 68A-27 F.A.C. Eggs of those turtle species enumerated in subsection 68A-25.002(6), F.A.C., are subject to the same possession limits as apply for those turtles. The purchase or sale of turtle eggs taken from the wild is prohibited.
(9) No person shall buy, sell, take or possess any gopher tortoise (Gopherus polyphemus), or any part thereof, unless authorized by permit from the executive director as provided in Rules 68A-5.004, 68A-9.002, and 68A-27.002 68A-27 F.A.C.
(10) Possession of gopher tortoises may be authorized by permit from the executive director when the owner can demonstrate that such tortoise(s) was (were) legally acquired and possessed before July 1, 1988.
(11) No person shall possess any turtle or tortoise on which paint has been applied to its shell or body parts, provided that water-soluble, non-toxic identifying marking may be used in turtle racing contests.
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Ciao

[Luca-VE]

Nell'immediato credo siano le Gopherus ad averne piu' bisongno
In ogni caso, era ora che facessero qualcosa, negli USA mi sembra che le tartarughe acquatiche siano abbastanza malviste...

[Tortugo]

Certe volte ci vuole davvero fantasia illimitata per capire alcuni provvedimenti...io non capisco per quale motivo ci devono essere restrizioni sul numero degli esemplari...davvero non capisco! Capisco che ci sono determinate specie assolutamente a rischio, ma se poi vengono acquiastati baby di specie riprodotte in cattività?? e assolutamente denunciate?? qual'è il problema?
Ormai non siamo più liberi di fare niente...tutto deve esere tenuto sotto controllo.
A proposito delle Gopherus...vietano alle persone di tenerne e poi le ammazzano quando le trovano in luoghi in cui stanno costuendo edifici...Tempo fa ho letto un articolo che parlava di questa cosa: molte Gopherus vengono ammazzate, perchè scavano buche fino a 13 metri di profondità, rendendosi pericolose in zone in cui sono presenti abitazioni o edifici in genere...che snso ha poi proteggerle??
boh, davvero non ci si capisce niente!