selling indigenous herps?

[Oliverian]

Oh... and with everything else being said... If you're really into the indigenous species and you find someone who's selling CB ones, the authorities really aren't going to go around and check to see if you have local herps. So if you really like them and it won't mess with anything in the wild, I say go for it. Just my view on things.
-TammyR

[Katt]

Tammy, you horrible law breaker you!

[Jaeds]

No one ever said that anyone was catching garters and selling them. I was just wondering what the laws were. Its just speculation. I myself have owned a few of them for a couple years.

[Jeff Hathaway]

Well I won't comment on BC or Saskatchewan, but here in Ontario, it is legal, at the present, to sell *legally obtained* red-sided and eastern garters without any sort of permit. Butler's garters, OTOH, being a species at risk, require permits for possession/acquistion/etc. Theoretically it is against the law to collect garters without a small game hunting license, unless you are a farmer on your own land. In reality, no one is likely to bother you regarding garters, but I would always recommend following the rules. Plus, I think that it is not a good idea to collect ANY without a very good reason. There are CB ones around if you look for them. In fact, for red-sideds, they aren't even hard to find- just contact Jonathan Crowe!

One of the biggest difficulties with rules regarding the possession of wildlife is identification of specimens. How to tell if something is wild caught vs. captive bred, if it is the same one you had last year, etc. PIT tagging is getting the most attention currently as a method to solve this, especially here in Ontario, and in Ohio. It is not without faults, though.

Jeff Hathaway
Sciensational Sssnakes!!

[Oliverian]

Tammy, you horrible law breaker you!

Hehehe... Ahem... uh.... that wasn't the only law I broke in Calgary....

Ask Vanan, he might have an idea. (mabye...)

[Vanan]