Snakes for "adoption" huh?

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Originally Posted by gibbrishclown

Is it legal to be a flipper?

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yep 100% is it moral not to me

Im not a lawyer but I would think as long as you:
- obtained the reptiles legally
- made sure they are all legal reptiles for that area
- did not neglect or mistreat the animals

You would be well within the law. Its basically the same as you or I going to the petstore, buying every reptile they have and selling them for a profit. The only harm is to the reptiles IF they are mistreated.

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Originally Posted by gibbrishclown

Is it legal to be a flipper?

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Sadly, yes. As long as the animals are legal and kept in "humane" conditions(meaning as long as no one complains) the law can't do anything about them. :(

*shaking head*

What a pity :(

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Originally Posted by minotaur

Yes, and I would like to add that they often sell them:

They call him Flipper, Flipper, faster than lightning,
No-one you see, is smarter than he,
And we know Flipper, lives in a world full of wonder,
Flying there-under, under the sea!

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Oohhhhhh great. Now I'm gonna have that song stuck in my head the whole freakin' day!! :taz:


:P

It kinda sounds like that person might really be slimming down??? Especially considering that the Boa has papers...? When I was about 16? I wound up the the craziest assortment from a pet shop that closed in distress... My mom and I got that call.."If you want it, come get it"... My mom and I moved 20 reptiles? Almost all lizards of some kind...10 dogs... 15 cats... An Oscar, and a Newt, and some Tarantulas! :P We got them all placed in adoption groups, gave to friends, My mom kept a cat (retired breeder) and I kept the Rose Hair Tarantula and a Plated Lizard :oops: ... But if there had been a CraigsList... my add might have read similar??? Oh heck, who knows.......... It's Friday! I'm rambling bad today.... someone pinch me.

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Originally Posted by JLC

Oohhhhhh great. Now I'm gonna have that song stuck in my head the whole freakin' day!! :taz:


:P

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HAHA!! It's soooo much better than the whistling theme to Jeopardy!!! :rolleye2:

"Flipping" is legal, but selling animals is prohibited on Craigslist, hence the term "up for adoption."

What's so bad about the ad? It just sounds like someone who's selling off their collection.. I would have to go and see the animals myself before forming any opinion on the poster. Any kind of knee-jerk reaction just seems foolosh to me.

And really, what is so bad about being a flipper? As long as a seller is completely honest about an animal, and keeps up their husbandry and quarantine practices, I see nothing wrong with it.
What good would laws against flipping be? There are already so many of our freedoms being taken away by Big Brother.. it's American capitalism.