Comment on FR Doc # E8-03330

fws 2008 0024 wildlife importers and exporters NOBODY SHOULD BE EXEMPT FROM ALL REGULATIONS REGARDING WILDLIFE. I AM VERY SKEPTICAL ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE ANIMAL ITSELF FROM CONSTANTLY BEING SUBJECT TO TRAVEL AND THE VARYING CLIMATE AND HEALTH CONDITIONS FOR THAT ANIMAL WHEN IT IS EXPOSED TO TRAVEL FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY TO COUNTRY. WE NEED MORE PROTECTION FOR THE ANIMALS. AND WE NEED MORE REGULATION ON THE PROFITEERS WHO WILL DO ANYTHING TO THEM TO MAKE MONEY OFF THEIR BACKS. I THINK A GREAT DEAL OF HORROR GOES ON IN THIS INDUSTRY, JUST AS WAS CAUGHT IN THE SLAUGHTERHOUSES THIS WEEK ON THE COWS BEING WATERBOARDED, ETC. IT IS CLEAR THAT ANIMALS ARE CASH COWS FOR THESE PROFITEERS WHO IMPORT AND EXPORT THEM. AND WE NEED TO KEEP OUT OF THIS COUNTRY THE ANIMALS THAT ARE BEING RELEASED INTO US LAND AND WATERS THAT ARE HARMFUL TO THE US. I DONT CARE HOW MANY PROTESTATIONS COME IN FROM SNAKE OWNERS ABOUT HOW THEY LOVE THEIR PETS, WE ONLY NEED A FEW NEGLIGENT ONES THAT RELEASE THEIR PETS INTO THE WILD AND ALL US TAXPAYERS HAVE PROBLEMS. WE SHOULD IMPRINT ALL ANIMALS TO OWNERS SO THAT WHEN THEY TURN UP LOOSE WE CAN FIND OUT WHO OWNED THEM AND THEN TURNED LAZY AND UGLY AND LET THE ANIMAL GO LOOSE. WHAT IS GOING ON WITH ANIMALS UNDER THE AEGIS OF FWS THESE DAYS IS FAR TOO LOOSE. FAR TOO MANY ANIMALS ARE BEING HARMED DUE TO LAX ADMINISTRATION OF FWS, JUST LIKE EXISTS AT USDA. WE NEED AN INVESTGATION OF THIS AGENCY.