California Considers Revision To Banned Species List
A bill under consideration in California’s Senate would prohibit the possession, transportation, release and importation of a number of wild animals, including quaker parrots (monk parakeets).
The Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee passed Senate Bill 1424 in a hearing held March 25, 2008 and the bill moved to the Appropriations Committee where it will be voted on again. The date for the hearing has not yet been scheduled.