Kiss your hobby goodbye!!!! USFW Proposed ban!!!!

Sometimes the way media works really gets me soooooo, uhhhhh. The wife and i were watching a special on pythons last ngiht, and residents down near the everglades were complaining about constrictors coming into their neighborhoods. The so called "specialists" kept going on and on about how deadly and dangerous pythons are, and how they need to take some kind of action quickly before people start dissappearing, etc etc etc. All I know is they need to differentiate between the wilder ones and the captive bred because I feel they are casuing unnessecary fear. They need to be educating and teaching respect, not fear. I really began to question the Discovery channel last night.:salute:

I'm just thinking how horrible it will be if it becomes a bill, then a law, then go into effect and all our future snake carreers will be ruined. Nobody will keep these animals if there are so many regulations leading to more fear and misunderstanding. Most of the public will fear snakes :(

well alot of the public already does fear snakes, but what i dont get is why the news is saying that people are going to start disappearing. they actually did a show on animal planet or discovery channel ( cant remember which one) where it SHOWED that even a 25 foot anaconda couldnt eat a human, because they eat head first, their jaws cannot stretch wide enough to get past the shoulders. unless someone has actually been eaten recently, i dont think it can happen. but it would suck if they did do that ban. i think that AT MOST in the lower states where snakes could actually survive in the wild during the coldest times of the year, you should have to get a permit, take a small written test about the snake you are planning to buy. i know that even that wont prevent ppl from getting them without licenses though, cuz im sure someone will want to get rid of their snake cuz they're moving or something and just give it away, but a ban on all pythons is just outrageous. sorry for the book haha :oops:

Has there been any updates about this? I know that people could only send in the veiws and comments about this until April 30th, and that has been passed for awhile.. So does anyone know?

someone start a petition on petitiononline.com we must stop the feds

Hey all! This sucks!!! I agree it DOES have to do w/ ALL the idiots down in the everglades that want something just because they want something that is "EXOTIC" and don't want to read up on what it takes to care for and how extinsive they all to maintain and care for. Is there any type on petition we can sign to keep this from happening?????? Hit me up thank you! Ray:snake:

They Can"t Do This I Just Started My Collection!

I try to do my part on a local level. And I have tried in the past to get members here to take action. It seems that no one has any interest in lobbying for our hobby beyond their own neighborhood. I suppose people feel like their actions will not make a difference. I don't know about that, but I'm quite sure our lack of action will make a difference!

Damnit curse my britishness.....

It wont let me go to the comment place can someone please give my the mailing address. I am getting my entire college to support us! if anything cant they just make people get a license? WTF this is stupid. I am NEVER going to give up the fight for my baby KI!