Of course not Thor. Then they would have to listen to, and weigh the benefits and negatives of multiple experts arguments. That would leave them at higher risk of criticism, because of the public view of everything, which can be swayed, intentionally or unintentionally, by the media and others.
Since I live in Florida, and keep reptiles, lets take the reptile laws both here, and national laws inspired by the problems here. There is not one shred of scientific evidence I've seen, (& I've spent a good deal of time looking), to suggest that the invasive python problem in the everglades was caused by pet owners releasing their pets. There is a great deal of evidence pointing to the problem being caused by the destruction of warehouses in south florida containing hundreds, if not thousands, of animals during hurricane andrew in 1992. There is actually more evidence pointing to the whacky theory that the army/cia released them in the everglades after testing them during the vietnam war than there its to irresponsible pet owners. But, in most of the bans on the larger python species, "irresponsible ownership" is cited as a major reason. Instead of regulating and inspecting the importers/wholesalers in a better way, they ban ownership of the animals. The importers are still operating the same way now, just with different species.
I'm not saying that there shouldn't be regulations, but that they should be brought about in a sane, logical fashion, and should actually address the problems they are trying to fix.
