ok i was browsing Mike King's website(http://www.mikekingreptiles.com/mkr-cms/) and on that page he informs the readers about a man named Raymond Hoser, who finds it an "art" to perform do it yourself surgical removal of venom glands on his venomous snakes.

i followed the link http://www.smuggled.com/VenArt1p.htm only to be disgusted at what i saw. there is a petition that can be signed that may be able to stop him from these horrible acts.

if you feel the same way as i did after viewing the link above, then please sign the petition at www.aussiereptileclassifieds.com/phpPETITION/ and maybe something can get done.

i thought this might be important to other snake lovers out there so i got permission from Mike before posting this to inform everyone at bp.net