Ball Python Breeding Banned

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Originally Posted by djets1989

this type of things comes up cause of peoples misconsception that all snakes are cold blooded killers... and they think this cause of any movie theyve seen with snakes in them, and any movie you see like anaconda or snakes on a plane anrt even real life situations....so basicaly we can thank all the movie directors and hollywood for giving our beloved pets a bad rep.

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We can blame the irrisponsible(sp?) pet owners and stores as well. Just as much of this stereotyping of snakes comes from them as movie directors. When a person is killed by their giant snake, who is to blame? The Snake, not the keeper who stupidly handled a giant snake alone, Not the petstore that sold a giant snake to an unexperienced keeper who in turn provides less than satisfactory care or dumps it. Its not the snakes fault and sadly enough, the whole reptile community suffers evertime one of these dumpings or deaths occur.
Its like the pitbull saying
"Punish the deed, not the breed"

Support PIJAC. They are always fighting against these insane laws. Adding to PIJAC'S membership gives pet owners and sellers a strong voice. :taz:

These articles are starting to scare me. (I live in utah)
People are so dang ignorant about snakes! I have been bitten many a time by snakes and it does hardly any damage. Now get bit by a cat or dog and you are in for a trip to the hospital. Why is it that snakes are so dang scary?


Hey Evan, I didnt know there was some one else from Utah here. Very cool! I live in Woods Cross.

i've heard from many of the people i contacted and all of them are pretty laid back by the bylaw in vancouver.

i'm going to write a letter and try to keep my ears a little more open about this and see where it goes... thanks again for the heads up chris.

if they did ban breeding, would you still be able to with a permit? if anything they should just stop importing and let people go on owning snakes that are getting distributed around now.