Various Environment Ministry panels gave the green light Monday to listing 37 nonnative species that will fall under an import and breeding ban when a law on conserving native species takes effect in June
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The list includes largemouth bass, snapping turtles, raccoons and black widow spiders.
But wildlife conservation groups, which have asked the government to list about 300 species, criticized the list, saying it favors industry and makes light of the fact that the law is supposed to prevent damage to indigenous species.
The law will ban the importing, trading, breeding and disposing of designated alien species unless approved by the government for research or other special purposes.
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