djronnieg wrote:My Red-eared slider has some royal genes. This I know because she's a princess and is spoiled as such.
steve wrote:This is the first I've heard about the bloodlines, and it's pretty cool that you're trying to determine what they are. I think the only place that would probably discuss about such things would be on kingsnake.
steve wrote:Very fascinating, though this probably beyond what most of the people here research. You probably need to interact with the breeders, but I'm not sure how you can sure of their bloodlines.
No new laws have changed on the red ear sliders here. The normals are still banned from sales, new ownership of normal's coming in and breeding the normal red ear sliders. What the State of florida does not get that I seen recently is more and more people are realizing these laws on the normal red ear sliders, that they fear on getting caught, people are still releasing them into the wild or giving them even babies to other people who do not care about the laws in Florida. I actually seen this a lot and recently offered 6 normal red ears from babies to the adults recently however I will not break any laws.steve wrote:There are federal laws that have not been strictly enforced, has that changed down in FL?
Yes I agree with you one everything. The State Laws really has not made to much of a difference. The State went around canals and lakes to capture the red ear sliders only to euthanize the turtles. This cut down the population drastically back then only to put fear into people on arrest and fines to have more people release the red ears into the wild. Then you have those still buying them illegally here and selling off the babies. You also have those people who move here from other legal states with them. It is a no win battle for the State Government on this issue really.steve wrote:Sorry, I was referring to the state laws. Since it's been a few years, I was wondering if it had any real effect on the situation. It's real unfortunate that people are releasing them. Seems like a failure to communicate on both sides is creating the opposite situation of what everyone wants.
steve wrote:I don't know why they won't crack down on the major breeders. States want to introduce more laws restricting the sale and those huge farms want to go back and get rid of those federal laws.
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