Green Options » non-native species http://greenoptions.com/tag/non-native-species Posts tagged 'non-native species' Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:53:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Florida: We’ll Take Your Pythons, Cougars, No Questions Asked http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/19/florida-well-take-your-pythons-cougars-no-questions-asked/ http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/19/florida-well-take-your-pythons-cougars-no-questions-asked/#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:53:25 +0000 Shirley Siluk Gregory http://ecolocalizer.com/2008/09/19/florida-well-take-your-pythons-cougars-no-questions-asked/ SEWilco at Wikimedia Commons under a GNU Free Documentation license.)You know those “safe-haven” laws that let parents drop off their unwanted kids in a safe place without fear of consequences? (In Nebraska, it’s even legal to give up an unruly 18-year-old!) Well, Florida’s doing the same thing for unwanted pythons, cougars and other non-permitted exotic pets.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC) this week adopted a new rule that lets state and county animal control agencies take in non-native animals whose owners can’t — or don’t want to — take care of them anymore. No questions asked. No penalties.

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