Attorney General Jeff Landry said the state scored a huge victory Tuesday in federal court challenging California’s ban on the importation and sale of alligator products. Landry said the ban could have disrupted the supply chain and decimated the industry.
“You wouldn’t be able to take an alligator skin and send it to the Port of San Francisco or Los Angeles to get it on a boat to go make a product. We took California on and yesterday we won,” said Landry.
Landry said the alligator trade has directly led to the resurgence and conservation of the American alligator as well as the protection and maintenance of their wetland habitat.
“This was simply one of those typical liberal policies the State of California tries to implement and then force upon the rest of the country. But guess what Louisiana beat California yesterday with Liz Murrill and her great team. It was unbelievable it was great,” said Landry.
He said as much as $100 million in revenue to the alligator industry in Louisiana would have been lost. Landry also thanked State Wildlife and Fisheries and members of the industry for helping them win the case.
“What they were doing was basically going to cause an effect on the livelihoods of many people in this great state who go out there and do a great job in conserving the American Alligator and providing products and meats to the rest of America and to the world,” said Landry.
Landry credits the state and industry for increasing the alligator population and removing it from the endangered species list.
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