Since 2013, the subcommittee has orchestrated several successes and positive outcomes, some
of which include: • Collaborating with the PIJAC Zoonosis committee to update the Healthy Herp Handling poster promoting healthy reptile and amphibian handling
practices; develop the Zoonotic Disease Prevention Series for Retailers; draft informative store signage on how to prevent zoonotic diseases; participate in meetings on rodent and reptile disease transmission with the Centers for Disease Control; and produce and revise best management
practices (BMP) documents; • Collaborating with the United States Association
of Reptile Keepers on past and current attempts to pass legislation, ordinances, and regulatory activity that may
impact herp ownership and related businesses; • Attending Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) meetings with reports and summary
of actions affecting import and export
of reptiles; • Addressing the 2013 Center for
Biological Diversity petition to list 53 herp species under the Endangered Species Act; • Reviewing and commenting on the recent US Fish and Wildlife status review on the proposal to list wood turtles under the Endangered Species Act; • Submitting comments on proposed listing
of flat - tailed tortoise and spider tortoise under the Endangered Species Act; • Introducing federal legislation in 2013 to allow for the export
of certain constrictors listed as injurious in air shipments with aircraft that land in a state for refueling; • Providing volunteer support for auctions at 2013 National Reptile Breeders Expo and several North American Reptile Breeders Conferences; • Providing extensive consultation on constrictor caging standards in Ohio.