Re: Pythons equal fireworks
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Originally Posted by
Jenn
Wouldn't this make high-end morphs worth 50 times more (because there are 50 states) than they are worth now? Many of us will suddenly have the ONLY (insert morph here) in our state.
Much of the value assigned to high end morphs is in people ability to use that animal as a small or large investment vehicle. Breeders & Hobbyists pay higher dollar amounts with the hopes of breeding, producing babies, and getting a decent value for those babies. If the market is suddenly reduced from a global one to a local one, the value of those animals will suddenly and dramatically be reduced. Already, I've heard stories of people not wanting to spend lots of money on any "investment" mutations until all of these issues are settled.
Coupled with the fact that you won't be able to leave your state with the animal for 30+ years and if that high end "morph" gets sick, you won't be able to get veterinary care for it if you aren't one of the people lucky enough to have an experienced herp vet in your area. Also, vets that run lab work on blood and tissue and use labs in other states could potentially be prosecuted for sending that material across state lines.
There is absolutely no way pet owners will benefit from this law, and it will inevitably become an extremely inhumane piece of legislation for our nations estimated 1.2 million pythons and boas that it will effect.
-adam
Re: Pythons equal fireworks
It will be extremely inhumane. Especially if we are required to put down our animals. I will never do it. If the bill ever gets that far we should all refuse to put down our animals. Can you imagine the public outcry when our own government is forced to kill millions of harmless pets. Perhaps someone from PETA could come around to take care of that task.
