new NC snake law

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Originally Posted by Skiploder

The intent of the bill is to be proactive and head off more HR669-type legislation. Claiming you have an issue with a bill that requires keepers of potentially hazardous animals to act responsibly is silly.

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This will have no impacton HR669-type legislation. HR669 was spawned due to concern that invasive species will destroy local ecosystems, not because venomous or large reptiles have the potential to be dangerous to humans.

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Originally Posted by mainbutter

This will have no impacton HR669-type legislation. HR669 was spawned due to concern that invasive species will destroy local ecosystems, not because venomous or large reptiles have the potential to be dangerous to humans.

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Read the text of the bill and USARK's own blurb - it also deals with anti-release provisions and escape recovery plans.

(c) Any person intentionally releasing into the wild a nonnative venomous reptile, a large constricting snake, or a crocodilian shall be guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.


Also look at the legislation recently written in Connecticut:
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...25&postcount=2

I'm confused why USARK didn't let people know they were drafting legislation for reptile owners before it was a proposed bill?
They seem to have updates about everything, until this. What else do they have planned? Anything in Florida? Any nationwide ones? Anyone know? I check the website off and on, but I never saw info on this until it was done.

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Originally Posted by wolfy-hound

I'm confused why USARK didn't let people know they were drafting legislation for reptile owners before it was a proposed bill?
They seem to have updates about everything, until this. What else do they have planned? Anything in Florida? Any nationwide ones? Anyone know? I check the website off and on, but I never saw info on this until it was done.

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The posted the NC news on May 14. Ralph Davis posted the same info on Kingsnake that same day.

http://usark.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=37

That was the first I had ever heard of it. They may have posted info elsewhere.

My first thought when I saw the announcement in May was that it was odd that they hadn't discussed it on any of the forums (or their website) during the writing/run-up process.

They claim they got feedback from private keepers. I guess Crutchfield and Davis can legitimately be called private keepers..........