We need to act now! Not when they are coming for our ball pythons. You think we are safe but remember a ball python is just as much of a snake to them as a reticulated python or anaconda is a snake... all they see is uneducated close minded fear.
They start with the easy targets, which they have succeeded. Boas hardly got the slip as they didn't have enough power to fight something so powerful already in the pet trade, but they still tried.
Imagine in 5 years when another law with different wording comes around, what is left to ban that is spread evenly through the states and "envasive"?( because we all know now Burmese pythons and ball pythons can breed and evade Alaska according to their logic)
Boas, and then Ball pythons. Keep in mind most boas are not that much larger than a ball python, size is not an issue here.
Imagine the effects this alone will already have to your favorite reptile shows, you may see a few less tables as all the large python breeders will not have been able to come from out of state, and bring anything else they normally would have to offer. It's sad enough the only snakes we may see and purchase are only ball pythons as the years go by and large local breeders start to disappear over time.
I'm asking every reptile keeper, to support USARK and someone came up with the great idea of setting up direct withdrawal to take out only a few dolars each month. It's easy to do and you do not even have to devote a ton a money to help as $5 a month adds up!
We as ball python keeps have a huge responsibility as numbers talk
and who had a bigger community than we do? It's time to speak up! The war is not over, help usark not only keep future bans from happening as well as working on getting the current ones off the list on a national level!
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