ataraxiamb wrote:I seriously doubt the turtle police would come after you...
steve wrote:ataraxiamb wrote:I seriously doubt the turtle police would come after you...
It has happened to a member on this board... they came and confiscated his turtle. Best to keep a low profile if you're privately keeping turtles over there.
ljapa wrote:Looks like, as in the US, the regulations are not national but provincial.
I did find http://albertaturtleandtortoisesociety. ... gislation/ which shows how to find the Alberta regulations and offers a summary. Western painted turtles appear to be illegal to own in Alberta, as are all mud turtles in the genus Kinostemon. I did look at the Alberta regs, and that does eem to be what they say, however there is an indication that they've been updated recently and the updated regs aren't online yet.
When my son caught his RES in the wild in Indiana, I spent some time poring over Indiana regs. They are much longer and complex than the Alberta ones. It appears that the only legal way I can own a RES in Indiana is if it is wild caught, and I can never transport it out of state or sell it. Which explains, why just across the border in Illinois, many pet stores have RES while here in Indiana, the only aquatic turtle I've ever seen for sale is an African sideneck turtle.
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