Spankenstyne
07-02-2012, 01:26 PM
There seems to be a lot of confusion and grey areas when it comes to what us Canadians are allowed to keep & work with when it comes to garters. Lets work together to compile an ongoing resource for our Canadian members regarding their provincial (and if applicable municipal) regulations regarding all things Thamnophis. Please be sure to add a working link to your provincial Wildlife Act and to note if it's a personal interpretation if you haven't actually contacted Fish & Wildlife.
Lets try to keep it as simple and clear as possible so we can ideally end up with an easy to understand list for each province as a resource. This can be helpful not only to the hobbyist but also to folks looking to sell from other provinces or other countries.
We will of course also have to note that it will be used as a guideline only, that it's not intended in any way to be considered a legal document. Perhaps when we're done Boots or one of the mods will be so kind as to sticky the compiled list.
I'll start with the ones I have already previously contacted the appropriate officials for: BC and Alberta.
British Columbia
-No possession of all species of the genus Thamnophis.
BC regulations:
Wildlife Act (http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_96488_01)
Designation and Exemption Regulation
(http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/13_168_90)
Permits applicable but only issued to Zoos and researchers.
Please add any municipal regulations that also apply.
Alberta
-Possession currently allowed but no buying/selling/trading/importing/exporting of: T. s. parietalis (Red Sided), T. radix (Plains), T. elegans (Wandering. This also includes ssp).
-No possession of T. butleri (Butler's), T. sauritus (Eastern Ribbon).
Alberta Regulations:
Alberta Queen's Printer: Legislation (http://www.qp.alberta.ca/574.cfm?page=1997_143.cfm&leg_type=Regs&isbncln=9780779749782<br /><br />)
(http://www.qp.alberta.ca/574.cfm?page=1997_143.cfm&leg_type=Regs&isbncln=9780779749782<br /><br />P)
Permits applicable but only issued to Zoos and researchers.
Please add any municipal regulations that also apply.
*Just a note that changes in taxonomy don't necessarily make an animal legal that was previously considered illegal. Normally the acts have provisions that grandfather them in as to what they were classified as when the act was written. If you have any questions please contact your local Fish & Wildlife offices.
Lets try to keep it as simple and clear as possible so we can ideally end up with an easy to understand list for each province as a resource. This can be helpful not only to the hobbyist but also to folks looking to sell from other provinces or other countries.
We will of course also have to note that it will be used as a guideline only, that it's not intended in any way to be considered a legal document. Perhaps when we're done Boots or one of the mods will be so kind as to sticky the compiled list.
I'll start with the ones I have already previously contacted the appropriate officials for: BC and Alberta.
British Columbia
-No possession of all species of the genus Thamnophis.
BC regulations:
Wildlife Act (http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/00_96488_01)
Designation and Exemption Regulation
(http://www.bclaws.ca/EPLibraries/bclaws_new/document/ID/freeside/13_168_90)
Permits applicable but only issued to Zoos and researchers.
Please add any municipal regulations that also apply.
Alberta
-Possession currently allowed but no buying/selling/trading/importing/exporting of: T. s. parietalis (Red Sided), T. radix (Plains), T. elegans (Wandering. This also includes ssp).
-No possession of T. butleri (Butler's), T. sauritus (Eastern Ribbon).
Alberta Regulations:
Alberta Queen's Printer: Legislation (http://www.qp.alberta.ca/574.cfm?page=1997_143.cfm&leg_type=Regs&isbncln=9780779749782<br /><br />)
(http://www.qp.alberta.ca/574.cfm?page=1997_143.cfm&leg_type=Regs&isbncln=9780779749782<br /><br />P)
Permits applicable but only issued to Zoos and researchers.
Please add any municipal regulations that also apply.
*Just a note that changes in taxonomy don't necessarily make an animal legal that was previously considered illegal. Normally the acts have provisions that grandfather them in as to what they were classified as when the act was written. If you have any questions please contact your local Fish & Wildlife offices.