Live Animal Food Markets: Stop sale of illegal frogs, turtles
Florida softshell turtle. Photo by Flickr user John Picken used under a Creative Commons License.
My friend Eric Mills, coordinator of Action For Animals in , Calif., sent the following letter to the Director of Calif. Department of Fish & Game, and to the Calif. Fish & Game Commission. It pertains to the Live Animal Food Markets in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond throughout the state. Many illegal creatures are presently being sold in these markets and Eric has been fighting the good fight for years, trying to stop this travesty.
He’s getting close (GO ERIC!) … the Commission just voted to issue NO future important permits for these frogs and turtles for the live markets. Unfortunately, this still allows current sales to continue for up to a year. What they need to do now is to BAN the current sales of these animals. /Gary
Eric’s letter, written March 24, 2010:
John McCamman, Director
DEPARTMENT OF FISH & GAME
John Carlson, Exec. Director, and Members
FISH & GAME COMMISSION
Gentlemen:
Over the years I’ve been making weekly visits to the live animal markets in both Oakland and San Francisco to see whether or not state laws and codes are being enforced. In a word, they are not.
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Posted on Monday, March 29th, 2010
Under: Action for Animals, Frogs, Live Animal Markets, Turtles | 4 Comments »
