Here we go again....

[IndySnake]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_exotic_pets

[Freakie_frog]

I love seeing the statistic's on "Exotic" animal attacks on owners. Lets looks for comparison at another statistic..

Since 1990 124 people were injured or killed buy "Exotic" pets..
According to the national average someone dies in a car wreck every 12 minutes in this country..

so by comparison it took 20 years for exotic pets to harm the same number of people that 2 hours does in the US traffic scene..

[IndySnake]

Yeah, articles like this just drive me insane but some of the comments that people are leaving below this article make me want to

[Valentine Pirate]

Baaaaah. It is really frustrating how effective scare tactics are in the face of facts

[The Hedgehog]

It's very frustrating that one BEAR attack leads to discussion of all wild animals. Owning a python compared to a bear is a huge difference, no? I hate it even more when news stories try to make connections like that.

This will be another reason to crack down on people who are doing the RIGHT thing and correctly caring for exotic animals.

It only takes a few bad apples to spoil the bunch. What a shame.

[jfreels]

Kind of interesting that all the rational comments are "hidden" because they are voted down.

Of course, they do include stats about dogs, but the truth no less...

Dogs kill and maim more than the exotics do. I suspect the need to control the unusual animals stems from a political motive of protecting these animals from "American imperialist exploitation". Start with dogs, and move down the list.

according to the cdc...in the last 20 years less than 100 people have been hurt or killed by "exotic" pets. also according to the cdc...over 4.7 million people every year are bitten by dogs in the u.s.. almost 1 million of those are serious enough to require medical attention, which puts a burden of over 1 billion dollars on the healthcare system. also, over 100,000 people are hospitalized every year due to trip and fall accidents involving their dogs and/or cats. and the animals more likely to spread disease are the stray dogs and cats that are EVERYWHERE. i think we should put a ban on dogs. i'm not giving up my snake for anyone or anything. get rid of the mangy mutts.

If a person wants to get an exotic pet and has the means to do so, let them do it!! This is still a free country, right? Laws like this that 'legislate against stupidity' restrict our the rights of the American people to take risks. You may not approve and probably wouldn't do it yourself, but it should still be within an American citizen's rights to own an exotic animal.

This one will be gone shortly....

Every year over 20,000 people are killed in car accidents. Using the same logic, why not ban cars as well?

BTW, there sure are a lot of racist Yahoo news readers

[BPelizabeth]

that is exactly what I was going to say....how many ppl are harmed or killed by dog attacks. For that matter how many ppl are struck by lightning. UGH...drives me nutty. And plueeeeseeee would just one person in the media get it straight with the little girl in Florida....was it the snake or the parents..hmmmm.