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Posted by RP on November 11, 1998 at 18:28:20:
In Reply to: Re: The Need for Subspecies posted by Dave Beamer on November 10, 1998 at 23:19:02:
My questions about whether you find it desirable for states to extend the application of their own wildlife laws to nonnative wildlife were not rhetorical questions. You should answer them. Your continued obstinance about the inclusion of an historical and commonly accepted classification scheme to distinguish among native wildlife, or to distinguish between native and nonnative wildlife is making you look a little myopic. Regardless of how you or I personally feel about subspecies classification, this classification level has enjoyed a very popular following for quite some time now (how long?). Apparently, subspecies listing has been commonly accepted and used in herpetological and herpetocultural circles, as well as by state wildlife agencies. Wildlife laws such as bag limits, possession limits, captive breeding guidelines and listing for protection are not intended to regulate the actions of biologists or taxonomists. This group is not considered a player in wildlife consumption. The aforementioned wildlife laws should be written for the consumers of wildlife (the hunting public, herpers, commercial breeders, etc., etc., etc.), using language that imparts recognition of established taxonomic schemes. As long as the popular literature continues to recognize subspecies as taxonomic units; as long as states continue to use subspecies in the classification schemes to distinguish native and nonnative wildlife, to classify native wildlife, to distinguish endangered or protected native wildlife from other same-species populations of native wildlife, subspecies classification will be a source of differentiation used by this model captive breeding rule. When the taxonomic clasification system undergoes changes that are commonly accepted, I imagine so too will the language in the rule. If you can't support this rule because classification terms are being used now that have meaning and impart value to the ultimate consumers of the wildlife, then you truly are wasting a good deal of your remaining political
capital on this forum.
RP
