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Author: | Admin [ Thu Apr 02, 2009 1:10 am ] |
Post subject: | IMPORTANT : trying to KILL us |
IMPORTANT : trying to KILL us Please be aware that there is a Congressional Hearing happening on April 23, 2009 which pertains largely to our hobby. This hearing is on the Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act, HR 669, a bill which wishes to revamp how species are regulated under the Lacey Act. Species not appearing on the “Approved List” could not be imported into the United States; therefore, all unapproved nonnative species could not be moved interstate. In addition, trade in all such unlisted species would come to a halt – possession would be limited and all breeding would cease. Unless those species are included on the approved list import, export, transport, and breeding would be prohibited. Exceptions are limited and would not be available to pet owners across the nation. A HEARING has been scheduled for April 23 and the pet industry needs to be heard load and clear prior to the hearing! The anti-trade elements are hard at work to stop activities involving non-native species. You can contact members of the subcommitte by emailing or faxing your opposition to HR 669 to their offices in Washington DC urging them to amend the bill. You can also contact district offices to voice your oppositon or request a meeting with your Representative. It is also important to organize like-minded people in your district so several of you can visit with your representative at the same time. Spread the word to fellow hobbyists, friends, family, and like-minded individuals and urge them to respond to this unworkable approach which is an issue for all of us. Call, email, and fax your local newspapers or tv stations. We need to get the word out. More details can be found at the following link on MFK: http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/fo...d.php?t=230852 MFK Petition : http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/fo...d.php?t=230948 AC: http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums...d.php?t=188837 AC Petition : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=86144566696 A group has also been formed on Facebook at the following --> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=86144566696 Take the time, show your support, make your voice heard to protect our hobby. |
Author: | Admin [ Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:58 pm ] |
Post subject: | a scary but more simple explanation |
PIJAC ALERT Dear members, In the last year we have updated you on several developments with respect to Invasive Alien Species. From our colleagues of PIJAC USA we received the "PIJAC Pet Alert" listed below on this topic calling for action of the pet industry to prevent the TOTAL COLLAPSE of the pet industry in the USA. If you do not want to loose your suppliers and/or customers in the USA, please act now! In short: the act will introduce a system of two lists: a white list of approved species and a black list of species prohibited for imports. The lists are valid for all territories of the USA! So species potentially behaving invasive in e.g. Florida, will be on the black list for the entire USA. Each species has to be screened for the risk of becoming invasive, imports are suspended until "proven innocent". As hardly any species has been screened yet, almost all species are "guilty" for the moment and imports suspended until the screening took place demonstrating the "innocence". Criteria are such that most species face a serious risk of not passing the criteria. The email of Marshall Myers of PIJAC-USA: "ON April 23rd 2009 The Natural Resources Committee of the U.S. Congress Will hold a hearing on H.R. 669, a resolution that will in effect ban importation, interstate transport and the private ownership of most birds, mammals, reptiles, and fish as pets. Should HR669 be adopted as written Only the following nonnative animals would be allowed: any cat (Felis catus) cattle or oxen (Bos taurus) chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) dog (Canis lupus familiaris) donkey or ass (Equus asinus) domesticated members of the family Anatidae (geese) duck (domesticated Anas spp.) goat (Capra aegagrus hircus) goldfish (Carassius auratus auratus) horse (Equus caballus) llama (Lama glama) mule or hinny (Equus caballus x E. asinus) pig or hog (Sus scrofa domestica) domesticated varieties of rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) sheep (Ovis aries) Should this resolution be adopted into law as written it will have a devastating impact on every pet owner and business in the United States. Action is needed TODAY to protect your rights to keep your pets! To find Out what you can do to protect your pets please click on the link below. Please note that the linked PIJAC PET ALERT requires that you have Adobe Acrobat installed. More info will follow as it becomes available... (http://banner.pethobbyist.com/spclick.php?id=438)" PIJAC's request to NAPP members: please contact your business partners in the USA to alert them! Urge them to follow PIJAC's request and email and fax to the members of the subcommittee listed in the PIJAC Pet Alert. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- About NAPP The National Association of Pond Professionals (NAPP) is an organization for professionals involved in the pond and water feature industry. Our purpose is to secure the future of our industry for the common good of its members, the public and the environment. NAPP promotes professionalism by setting standards of practice. We strive to increase public awareness of our industry through public and community relations. New information is shared through our lineup of programs and seminars. Networking and fellowship are integral parts of the success of our organization. We encourage members of our industry to take advantage of the opportunities available through NAPP. Through commitment and involvement, an investment is made in an association dedicated to promoting professionalism in the pond and water feature industry. Through education, heightened public awareness and interaction with others in the industry, NAPP makes an investment in its members. Interested in becoming a member? E-mail us at sherry@nationalpondpro.com |
Author: | Admin [ Fri Apr 03, 2009 5:27 pm ] |
Post subject: | these are the people to contact: BE NICE Please |
If you have questions or wish to express your views to PIJAC, please contact Marshall Meyers or Bambi Nicole Osborne by phone at 202-452-1525 or via email at bambi@pijac.org or marshall@pijac.org. BELOW IS THE CONTACT INFORMATION PLEASE BE BRIEF, Your statement is more likely be read if it is not long-winded. One or two sentences should make your point. PLEASE BE POLITE (You catch more flys with honey)... ...also please do not "spam" only send one fax or email to each member... other wise it makes us look like bullys rather than victims PLEASE LET THESE PEOPLE KNOW WE NEED OUR FISH. House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans & Wildlife 187 Ford House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/226-0200 (Tel.) 202/225-1542 (Fax) Madeleine Z. Bordallo (Ch)(NP-Guam) 427 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-5301 202/225-1188 (Washington Tel. #) 202/226-0341 (Washington Fax #) 120 Father Duenas Ave., Suite 107 Hagatna, GUAM 96910 671/477-4272 (District Tel. #) 671/477-2587 (District Fax #) http://www.house.gov/bordallo/IMA/issue.htm Neil Abercrombie (D-HI) 1502 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-2726 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-4580 (Washington Fax #) Prince Kuhio Federal Building 300 Ala Moana Blvd. – Room 4-104 Honolulu, HI 96850 808/541-2570 (District Tel. #) 808/533-0133 (District Fax #) neil.abercrombie@mail.house.gov Henry Brown (R-SC) 103 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-3176 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-3407 (Washington Fax #) 1800 North Oak Street, Suite C Myrtle Beach, SC 29577 843/445-6459 (District Tel. #) 843/445-6418 (District Fax #) 5900 Core Avenue, Suite 401 North Charleston, SC 29406 843/747-4175 (District Tel. #) 843/747-4711 (District Fax #) http://brown.house.gov/Contact/index.html Lois Capps (D-CA) 1110 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-3601 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-5632 (Washington Fax #) 2675 N. Ventura Road, Suite 105 Port Hueneme, CA 93041 805/985-6807 (District Tel. #) 805/985-6875 (District Fax #) 301 E Carrillo Street, Suite A Santa Barbara, CA 93101 805/730-1710 (District Tel. #) 805/730-9153 (District Fax #) http://www.house.gov/capps/contact/send_an_em ail.shtml William Cassidy (R-LA) 506 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-3901 (District Tel. #) 202/225-7313 (District Fax #) 5555 Hilton Avenue, Suite 100 Baton Rouge, LA 70808 225/929-7711 (District Tel. #) 225/929-7688 (District Fax #) http://cassidy.house.gov/contact/index.shtml Jason Chaffetz (R-UT) 1032 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-7751 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-5629 (Washington Fax #) 51 South University Ave., Suite 319 Provo, UT 84601 801/851-2500 (District Tel. #) 801/851-2509 (District Fax #) https://forms.house.gov/chaffetz/contactform. shtml Donna M. Christensen (NP-Virgin Islands) 1510 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-1790 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-5517 (Washington Fax #) Nisky Business Center Second Floor, Suite 207 St. Croix, VIRGIN ISLANDS 00802 340/778-4408 (District Tel. #) 340/778-8033 (District Fax #) P.O. Box 5980 Sunny Isle Shopping Center, Space 25 St. Croix, VIRGIN ISLANDS 00823 340/778-5900 (District Tel. #) 340/778-5111 (District Fax #) http://www.house.gov/writerep/ Diana L. DeGette (D-CO) 2335 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-4431 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-5657 (Washington Fax #) 600 Grant Street, Suite 202 Denver, CO 80203 303/844-4988 (District Tel. #) 303/844-4996 (District Fax #) http://www.house.gov/formdegette/zip_auth.htm Eni F.H. Faleomavaega (NP – American Samoa) 2422 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-8577 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-8757 (Washington Fax #) P.O. Box, Drawer X Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA 96799 684/633-1372 (District Tel. #) 684/633-2680 (District Fax #) faleomavaega@mail.house.gov Jeff Flake (R-AZ) 240 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-2635 (Washington Tel. #) 202/226-4386 (Washington Fax #) 1640 South Stapley, Suite 215 Mesa, AZ 85204 480/833-0092 (District Tel. #) 480/833-6314 (District Fax #) jeff.flake@mail.house.gov John Fleming (R-LA) 1023 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-2777 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-8039 (Washington Fax #) 6425 Youree Drive, Suite 350 Shreveport, LA 71105 318/798-2254 (District Tel. #) 318/798-2063 (District Fax #) Southgate Plaza Shopping Center 1606 Fifth Street Leesville, LA 71446 337/238-0778 (District Tel. #) 337/238-0566 (District Fax #) https://forms.house.gov/fleming/contactform. shtml Doc Hastings (R-WA) 1203 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-4704 202/225-5816 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-3251 (Washington Fax #) 2715 St. Andrews Loop, Suite D Pasco, WA 99301 509/543-9396 (District Tel. #) 509/545-1972 (District Fax #) 302 East Chestnut Street Yakima, WA 98901 509/452-3243 (District Tel. #) 509/452-3438 (District Fax #) http://hastings.house.gov/ContactForm.aspx Dale E. Kildee (D-MI) 2107 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-3611 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-6393 (Washington Fax #) 432 N. Saginaw Street, Suite 410 Bay City, MI 48708 989/891-0990 (District Tel. #) 989/891-0994 (District Fax #) 515 N. Washington Avenue, Suite 401 Saginaw, MI 48607 989/755-8904 (District Tel. #) 989/755-8908 (District Fax #) dkildee@mail.house.gov Ronald James Kind (D-WI) 1406 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-5506 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-5739 (Washington Fax #) 205 Fifth Ave. South, Suite 400 La Crosse, WI 54601 608/782-2558 (District Tel. #) 608/782-4588 (District Fax #) 131 South Barstow Street, Suite 301 Eau Claire, WI 54701 715/831-9214 (District Tel. #) 715/831-9272 (District Fax #) ron.kind@mail.house.gov Frank M. Kratovil, Jr. (D-MD) 314 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-5311 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-0254 (Washington Fax #) 102 Turpins Lane Centreville, MD 21617 443/262-9136 (District Tel. #) 443/262-9713 (District Fax #) https://forms.house.gov/kratovil/contactform. shtml Douglas L. Lamborn (R-CO) 437 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-4422 (Washington Tel. #) 202/226-2638 (Washington Fax #) 415 Main Street Buena Vista, CO 81211 719/520-0055 (District Tel. #) 719/520-0840 (District Fax #) 1271 Kelly Johnson Blvd., Suite 110 Colorado Springs, CO 80920 719/520-0055 (District Tel. #) 719/520-0840 (District Fax #) http://lamborn.house.gov/ZipAuth.aspx Frank J. Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ) 237 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515-3006 202/225-4671 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-9665 (Washington Fax #) 67/69 Church Street, Kilmer Square New Brunswick, NJ 08901 732/249-8892 (District Tel. #) 732/249-1335 (District Fax #) 504 Broadway Long Branch, NJ 07740 732/571-1140 (District Tel. #) 732/870-3890 (District Fax #) http://www.house.gov/pallone/contact.shtml Pedro R. Pierluisi (NP-Puerto Rico) 1218 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-2615 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-2154 (Washington Fax #) 250 Calle Fortaleza Old San Juan, PUERTO RICO 00901 787/723-6333 (District Tel. #) 787/723-6333 (District Fax #) https://forms.house.gov/pierluisi/contactform. shtml Nick Joe Rahall, II (D-WV) 2307 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-3452 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-9061 (Washington Fax #) 601 Federal Street, Room 1005 Bluefield, WV 24701 304/325-6222 (District Tel. #) 304/325-0552 (District Fax #) 301 Prince Street Beckley, WV 25801 304/252-5000 (District Tel. #) 304/252-9803 (District Fax #) http://www.rahall.house.gov/?sectionid=9§io ntree=9 Gregorio Sablan (I- Mariana Islands) 423 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-2646 (Washington Tel. #) https://forms.house.gov/sablan/contactform. shtml Carol Shea-Porter (D-NH) 1330 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-5456 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-5822 (Washington Fax #) 33 Lowell Street Manchester, NH 03101 603/641-9536 (District Tel. #) 603/641-9561 (District Fax #) 104 Washington Street Dover, NH 03820 603/743-4813 (District Tel. #) 603/743-5956 (District Fax #) http://forms.house.gov/sheaporter/ webform/issue_subscribe.htm Robert J. Wittman (R-VA) 1123 Longworth House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-4261 (Washington Tel. #) 3504 Plank Road, Suite 203 Fredericksburg, VA 22407 540/548-1086 (District Tel. #) 4904-B George Washington Memorial Hwy. Yorktown, VA 23692 757/874-6687 (District Tel. #) https://forms.house.gov/wittman/IMA/webforms/i ssue_subscribe.htm Donald E. Young (R-AK) 2111 Rayburn House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202/225-5765 (Washington Tel. #) 202/225-0425 (Washington Fax #) 101 12th Avenue, #10 Fairbanks, AK 99701-6275 907/456-0210 (District Tel. #) 907/456-0279 (District Fax #) Peterson Tower Building 510 L Street, Suite 580 Anchorage, AK 99501-1954 907/271-5978 (District Tel. #) 907/271-5950 (District Fax #) don.young@mail.house.gov |
Author: | Admin [ Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:17 pm ] |
Post subject: | fix the addresses on your forum ? |
Ned you need to fix the addresses on your forum. These address should work.. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... p?t=230852 <http> http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/sh ... p?t=188837 <http> -- Luke |
Author: | Admin [ Mon Apr 06, 2009 6:32 pm ] |
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Hearing is on on April 23. We need to act now. Sending email is easy, let them know. Take the time, show your support, make your voice heard to protect our hobby * Emailing or faxing your opposition to HR 669 to their offices in Washington DC urging them to amend the bill * ALSO contact their district offices * Voice your opposition * Request a meeting with the representative when they are back in the District *To get more information about the bill and contacts go to one of the following web sites.* http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... p?t=230852 <http> http://www.aquariacentral.com/forums/sh ... p?t=188837 <http> A group has also been formed on Facebook at the following --> http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=86144566696. <http> Signup you are need. Let your friends, family know and anyone who keeps birds, reptiles, fishes and a number of mammals (e.g., hamsters, gerbils, guinea pigs, ferrets). Everyone is talking about the latter but it will also include all plants, insects and other living creatures. Do it now. -- Luke |
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