ENROLLED
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 61
BY REPRESENTATIVES RISER AND MINCEY
A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
To urge and request the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to review the regulations
governing the possession and ownership of certain exotic and invasive species and
evaluate the advisability of including additional species in those prohibitions.
WHEREAS, Louisiana has one of the most diverse and vast natural habitats in the
world; and
WHEREAS, many exotic nonindigenous and potentially invasive species thrive in
Louisiana to the peril of native species; and
WHEREAS, Louisiana's ecosystem is fragile and should be protected; and
WHEREAS, R.S. 56:6 et seq. requires the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission to promulgate rules and regulations to control
the importation and private possession of nonindigenous constrictors in excess of twelve feet
in length; venomous snakes; nonhuman primates; big exotic cats including but not limited
to tigers, lions, leopards, jaguars, cheetahs, and hybrids resulting from cross-breeding of
such cats; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries should examine the
advisability of expanding its rules regulating the possession and ownership of certain exotic
and invasive species to include members of the monitor lizard family, other invasive lizard
species, and any other potentially invasive species that originate in other parts of the world
with a similar climate and habitat to that of Louisiana.
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THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
urge and request the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to review the regulation
governing the possession and ownership of certain exotic and invasive species and evaluate
the advisability of including additional species in those prohibitions.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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