Ball pythons at the top for good.

it always starts as "only one state"....

Politics. Politics. Politics.

What good come by making people have a permit? Nothing. The people who are afraid are the ones that have the biggest voice...and that's pretty much the majority. So in order to retain votes (or gain them), they must enact some legislation that hurts the people who do things the right way.

Now, watch the number of large freed constrictors increase when this crap gets passed...because now, noone wants to have to have a permit and noone is going to pay...ESPECIALLY..the guys who are not really hobbyists..rather, they're the guys who said "yeah i think a big snake would look cool..so i got one..but now it's too expensive and HOLY CRAP...i gotta have a permit or i get fined? no way, no how!...i'll just let it go"

I guess something had to be done to put a silence on the whiners who are afraid to loose their yapping dog...well guess what...it's only gonna get worse. good job on pinning the tail on your own dumb ace

(lunch break..time to chill out)

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Originally Posted by monk90222

that is one state for now...others will follow suit....NY is already there....

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Exactly!

California has started many laws in the past that eventually were adopted by other states.Emission control of motor vehicles is the first to come to mind. Other states watch and see how successful or helpful it is and then it spreads like wildfire.

Much easier to pass a law when you can see/compare results in other areas.

its always easier to ban something than EDUCATE people on it.

Where were those websites with organized groups for reptile owner's rights? I'll sign up, Alabama's down here in the warm south.

NY has similar laws, the pet store where I work we have a few signs up listing the things we can't sell (mostly venomous snakes, large snakes, and a few kinds of lizards). I think it's good that pet stores can't sell them to just anybody, but it seems unfair to breeders who really love these animals. But theres human safety, and environmental safety, that people are concerned about more than making a few snake lovers happy. I just hope those types of laws dont extend their sticky fingers to include any other reptiles.

Someone once wanted to know if we wanted a big, mean burmese python as a display snake in the store. We were like :eek: