PIJAC on fox news today (video)

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Originally Posted by MPenn

It was great to see that we had a spot on the news but did they have to show the toddlers all laying around on the snakes? There may have been an adult present but with the tight camera shots, none was shown. If we want the everyday public to respect us for what we do and our right to own them, why show video clips of that?

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Ya, I agree. We didn't need that... also a few clips of 4 people holding a snake and the snake struggling like that (Right in the begining I believe)... but overall, that wasn't too bad...

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Originally Posted by PythonBreeder

I loved the part with the kids all over the burm. IDK why people are disagreeing. That just shows that pythons are NOT all evil. You could tell the python was a loved pet that was so tame it let the kids lay around it and all that. Just my :twocents:

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I posted this in another thread but felt it was relevant here.

It was great to see that we had a spot on the news but did they have to show the toddlers all laying around on the snakes? There may have been an adult present but with the tight camera shots, none was shown. If we want the everyday public to respect us for what we do and our right to own them, why show video clips of that?

While the burm may have seemed tame, it is a falsehood. It is still a wild animal. Better yet, replace the burm with a 600 lb. "pet" tiger and see if the response would have been the same. It only takes one second to become seriously injured.
Several years ago, Dave Barker wrote an article for Reptiles magazine. In it is a picture of a really bad retic bite he received that was less than an inch away from being a very serious, perhaps dehabilitating, injury. I do not remember his exact words but to paraphrase, the normally "tame" snake was spooked when they tried to remove a piece of shed from the snake and it delivered the bite.

most of the time when he talks, they show video vootage LOL

i had to watch it twice cuz i was distracted

I've merged the two threads.

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Originally Posted by PythonBreeder

Did you just say snakes are never tamed? Snakes can to be tamed and can show affection. Just my other :twocents:

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I sure as hell did..Tame no docile yes worlds apart..You are so far wrong if you think you snake shows you affection its not even to being funny. You need to do some research or soul searching or something.

Reptiles aren't tame, they are docile or "tolerant" to human contact. The babies and toddlers climbing on the snake is completely irresponcible and obviously notes the undertone of that clip. This clip is meant to sicken people, and get people FOR legislation banning reptile ownership. The 'we need to implement several strategies... including deal with the private ownership problem' pointing towards the army coming into your house and taking your animals (this happened for different reasons in Nor Cal, who is to say its not going to happen with FL). I can't believe what I saw here, and the lobbyist is TOTALLY against reptile ownership, while maintaining a so-close-to-neutral approach that you might think he was pro-reptiles, when in fact this whole clip is a BASH and negative to snakes in particular, but subliminally reptiles as a whole. Thumbs down for the pet lobbyists... my faith and hope now lies with USARK. Hopefully donations will rise and we can all stand together to fight this negative media.

Ps. I am going to get rich with all the 2 cents (and a nickel!) flying around in this thread. Don't mind me while I pick it all up.