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Illegal States! REALLY!
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01/11/12 01:33 PM
01/11/12 01:33 PM
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Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 10,983 Denton, TX
ValkyrieMome
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Glideritis Anonymous
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Glideritis Anonymous
Joined: Jan 2007
Posts: 10,983
Denton, TX
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Many people seem to have a million and one excuses about why it is really ok to own illegal animals in certain states. "Everyone does around here." "They don't really enforce the laws." "No one is going to know." Just an example of what CAN and DOES happen. Eight gliders "seized" - probably means 8 gliders euthanized. Prosecutors say a Hollywood woman has been charged with multiple criminal counts for trying to sell exotic animals from Australia on Facebook.
The Los Angeles city attorney's office said Tuesday that 39-year-old Amy Young Lynn is charged with eight counts of unlawful possession and offering for sale a restricted species.
Lynn is accused of breeding Sugar Gliders, a small flying mammal that looks similar to a squirrel, and advertising them on Facebook for $400 per pair. Undercover officers responding to her ad confiscated eight of the animals.
Prosecutors say Lynn told authorities she'd been given a pair of the animals at a party and they had reproduced.
She could face up to four years in jail and an $8,000 fine if convicted. Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=%2Fn%2Fa%2F2012%2F01%2F10%2Fstate%2Fn174902S49.DTL
Alden "Animals can communicate quite well. And they do. And generally speaking, they are ignored." Alice Walker
Mom to Valhalla; 6 cats; 1 macaw; 2 hedgehogs; and very many great gliders!
(plus the 2 skin kids) valkyriegliders.com
Kyrie, nothing will ever fill the hole you left in my heart.
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Re: Illegal States! REALLY!
[Re: ValkyrieMome]
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01/11/12 01:41 PM
01/11/12 01:41 PM
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Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 13,748 Vincennes, IN, USA
suggiemom1980
Glideritis Anonymous
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Glideritis Anonymous
Joined: Mar 2007
Posts: 13,748
Vincennes, IN, USA
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How sad for those poor babies!
Connie 812-890-9734, 24/7 Emergencies/Joey issues SmallWorldSuggies"The greater the challenge, the sweeter the reward" "Glide free Silly "Ozball" Ozzie. You left us 11/21/12..way too soon. You're forever loved, remembered, missed."
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Re: Illegal States! REALLY!
[Re: ValkyrieMome]
#1215189
01/11/12 02:29 PM
01/11/12 02:29 PM
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Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 28,219 Washington D.C. Metro Area
DCMuffin
Glideritis Anonymous
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Glideritis Anonymous
Joined: Mar 2010
Posts: 28,219
Washington D.C. Metro Area
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I've got two cages of rescues - one from Fairfax Co, VA and the other from Prince William Co., VA. Let's face it, there are many people in these two counties with gliders and one cage from each sounds like nothing. But...these gliders were confiscated because in one case, a family was turned in by another because the glider owners daughter was talking with her friend about them and how cute they were. The friend's family, being lawful and abiding, turned them in. The second cage came because a family had a complaint about a barking dog. When animal control got there, there was the glider cage. In both cases, animal control removed the gliders immediately. Taken out of the comfort of their home. Thankfully, they are in my home where they are getting much love and attention, but sadly, this isn't always the case. What people don't understand is that you CAN be caught. It DOES happen and every day it does and you have gliders in an illegal area, count yourself lucky that you still have them. But don't ever take it for granted because the next day, it could happen to you, too.
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Re: Illegal States! REALLY!
[Re: ValkyrieMome]
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01/11/12 04:02 PM
01/11/12 04:02 PM
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Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,094 Brooksville, Florida
SugarBattyPatty
Glider Guardian
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Glider Guardian
Joined: Sep 2011
Posts: 1,094
Brooksville, Florida
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How sad this is and even more so that authorities are so mis-informed about how wonderful these little guys are. Yet people can have dangerous animals and no one says a thing.
SugarBattyPatty AKA Pat Mommy to: Sparky and Precious Gizmo There is no sin in being ignorant, there is in remaining ignorant.
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Re: Illegal States! REALLY!
[Re: ValkyrieMome]
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01/11/12 04:14 PM
01/11/12 04:14 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 552 Connecticut
TinaPa
Glider Lover
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Glider Lover
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 552
Connecticut
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Oh, wow, I just made a new topic about this lol I didn't see you had already posted it lol
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Re: Illegal States! REALLY!
[Re: ValkyrieMome]
#1215403
01/11/12 09:22 PM
01/11/12 09:22 PM
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Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 552 Connecticut
TinaPa
Glider Lover
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Glider Lover
Joined: Nov 2011
Posts: 552
Connecticut
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I hope that is correct as well.
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