EU prepaires a positive list of animal species allowed to be kept

[PossumRoach]

I think it is quite a good thing. Regulating what is going on is better than letting things go unchecked. I think people are doing way too much drama while not even reflecting on the negative impacts that the pet trade has on biodiversity and on the animals.
By the drama, it even seems like 99% of the forum members own something potentially illegal at home

Late response but illegal traders already disregard laws and ethics when doing their illegal activities. This law will only punish law abiding citizens while illegal traders and benefactors will continue their actions, making this punishment of a law counterintuitive.

 

[Jurek7]

an increasing number of exotic pets are bred in captivity

Indeed - the regulation will mean that husbandry of new species will never have chance of developing and breeding will never happen. Sort of banning progress forever.

The EU, with its ability to spend millions of money, could instead try to organize large-scale eradication of harmful exotic species already established in the wild in the EU. A plan to e.g. eradicate feral sika deer, Canada geese or bullfrogs in Europe is too difficult for a single region, but the EU might succeed.

 

[S. Venaticus]

I think the main thing people are worried about here is the EU suddenly making private keeper's collections illegal and forcing them to euthanize their collections. That's exactly what they did with the invasive species list they outlawed.

Correct if I'm wrong, but as far as I remember the EU just implemented a ban on breeding and just let natural causes of death decrease the population. Moreover, wasn't also Eaza able to get an exemption for muntjac, because they became locally endangered? So when it comes to the private sector they might be able to make similar deals for threatened species that they house and breed. As for me, I think that it is still too early to judge what the effects of this new law would be or what it entails (and we are still able to contact emps and express possible concerns or disagreements we have with the law or sections of it).

 

[Jurek7]

Make a law just in case it may have some positive effect? It sounds like a very bad management.

Note, that if such a law passes, and later the European Commission says 'Oops my fault' still 100 000s of animals will die needlessly, 1000 of young animal enthusiasts will be burned, and breeding groups cannot be simply re-established like turning on a light switch.

 

[LaicaTheDino]

Correct if I'm wrong, but as far as I remember the EU just implemented a ban on breeding and just let natural causes of death decrease the population. Moreover, wasn't also Eaza able to get an exemption for muntjac, because they became locally endangered? So when it comes to the private sector they might be able to make similar deals for threatened species that they house and breed. As for me, I think that it is still too early to judge what the effects of this new law would be or what it entails (and we are still able to contact emps and express possible concerns or disagreements we have with the law or sections of it).

Yeah they might for *some* species, but by the nature of a positive list you can't get an exception for all species that should get one. I hope our concerns would be listened to, but considering that this list is a thing in the first place, there is a clear bias towards the banning of private keeping in general