in response to the HSUS:
http://hsus.typepad.com/wayne/2009/10/boas-and-hisses.html
After reading this article, I spent the time to write the comment pasted below but then got a message that said "your post is being moderated by the author"... guess it won't be posted after all but since i took the time to write it, I decided to go ahead and paste it here:
This story is grossly exaggerated. Yes, there ARE some people that should not be allowed to keep certain animals but i believe that FL has the best permitting system in the US and that nothing should be changed. Any incident involving a large constrictor has also involved a keeper that did not have the proper permits nor did they have the necessary facilities to legally and safely keep such an animal. It comes down to enforcement of the current laws, not the creation of new ones. How will the FWC be able to enforce such stringent laws that would criminalize thousands of people when they cannot even enforce the permitting systems that are currently in place?
This makes it exceedingly frustrating when the same stories about these irresponsible people are continuously circulated as a means to smear the reptile keeping industry. All of the average herpetologists and reptile keepers that I know of have gone beyond the necessities and are able to provide and care for the animals mentioned in this article as "dangerous snakes" in a way that they are not endangering anyone/thing.
I must say that this article makes my blood boil as I own several large snakes and have invested too much time, effort, and money into them (for both the snakes and the permits required for them) to have my right to own them taken away. I will always support the keeping of exotic animals and snakes so long as there is a safe way to do it. I do not support S. 373 and H.R. 2811 and I beg you to join me in writing your lawmakers AGAINST this atrocity of a bill.
After reading this article, I spent the time to write the comment pasted below but then got a message that said "your post is being moderated by the author"... guess it won't be posted after all but since i took the time to write it, I decided to go ahead and paste it here:
This story is grossly exaggerated. Yes, there ARE some people that should not be allowed to keep certain animals but i believe that FL has the best permitting system in the US and that nothing should be changed. Any incident involving a large constrictor has also involved a keeper that did not have the proper permits nor did they have the necessary facilities to legally and safely keep such an animal. It comes down to enforcement of the current laws, not the creation of new ones. How will the FWC be able to enforce such stringent laws that would criminalize thousands of people when they cannot even enforce the permitting systems that are currently in place?
This makes it exceedingly frustrating when the same stories about these irresponsible people are continuously circulated as a means to smear the reptile keeping industry. All of the average herpetologists and reptile keepers that I know of have gone beyond the necessities and are able to provide and care for the animals mentioned in this article as "dangerous snakes" in a way that they are not endangering anyone/thing.
I must say that this article makes my blood boil as I own several large snakes and have invested too much time, effort, and money into them (for both the snakes and the permits required for them) to have my right to own them taken away. I will always support the keeping of exotic animals and snakes so long as there is a safe way to do it. I do not support S. 373 and H.R. 2811 and I beg you to join me in writing your lawmakers AGAINST this atrocity of a bill.
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