12 Year old in North Idaho fights s 373

This article just came out in my morning paper. Please read it.

Oh and if you read the comments at the bottom, there are sure to be some nasty ones later in the day. Feel free to let them know just how many of us enjoy keeping snakes, responsibly.

http://www.cdapress.com/articles/201...ews/news02.txt

Great article, thank you for sharing - I commented.

Thanks Robin. I am working this weekend inside one of our pet stores for an independent company. Hopefully I will get to meet him and talk with him.

I want to email that kid and tell him how mature he is for his age and how well he is handling himself. People don't realize that EVERYONE loves reptiles.

okay the way i see it is that even if they do pass the bill (which they wont) they will not be able to stop the travel of snakes being brought across state lines. they would have to stop all the cars and search for the reptiles. it would also make a giant dent in the economy and put thousands of people out of jobs. so it is pointless at this very moment i am trying to meet with my stat rep. VOTE NO TO S.373

Wow. Some of those comments are from some pretty sheltered, closed-minded people.

Are they married to their siblings, perhaps?

Somebody give that kid a trophy or ice cream or somethin.... He deserves it, and congrats to the parents for teaching a kid to speak out on his beleifs properly. As far as the comments on that page, some people will never understand. My dad thinks I am mentaly handicaped for having reptiles as pets especially the snakes, my mother on the other hand is quite intrigued. Some people are just that narrow minded if it doesnt effect them it doesnt matter. I personally still dont understand why the govt. is looking an federal law, to control a local matter.

They're doing it this way because local efforts FAILED. The reptile industry is large and powerful in Florida, so they figured they could try to sway people who've never even seen one of these animals to believe that they are a threat, and pass a Federal law to bypass the will of the people of Florida.

I must congratulate and commend this kid for standing up for what he believes in and for presenting the facts. Kudos to him.
It is however, always sad to see the typical uneducated and hysterical responses from those posting on there who just simply have irrational phobias about what they don't know or understand. This kid seems to have more rationality than many of the adults on that site.

OK, I'll admit it, this article made me cry.....I cannot fathom how a 12 year old boy can see such reason and make such intelligent remarks on this issue when some fully grown adults (everyone that is in support of this ban) can be such (insert lots of unsavory words here).

This kid is my hero :salute:!

I commented.

Thanks so much for posting this link. It's awesome.

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Originally Posted by pyropython

wow. Some of those comments are from some pretty sheltered, closed-minded people.

Are they married to their siblings, perhaps?

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ditto!

Commented.

That was ridiculous. :weirdface

There are poisonous animals. Toxins are poisons producing by living things. Both plants and animals may contain toxins. Venoms are toxic secretions that have a delivery system (bite, sting, etc). Animals such as the Fugu (blowfish) contain toxins in certain organs in their bodies--thus, the animal is poisonous (or toxic), not venomous.
Poison dart frogs are also toxic, not venomous. The slow loris blurs the line--toxin-secreting patches on its elbows are rubbed over its fur and its offspring's fur to provide a defense against predators. The animal can, however, lick these patches, giving it a bite containing toxins (thus a sort of venom, since it has a system to deliver the toxin).

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Originally Posted by PyroPython

Wow. Some of those comments are from some pretty sheltered, closed-minded people.

Are they married to their siblings, perhaps?

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I know its ridiculous. I knew most of the comments were going to be like that. I was hoping a lot of us here could stand behind him and show some facts in the comments.

Thank you to everyone who did.

I commented too. Whats up with the hipocrites who think certain pets are superior to others? That we can have this kind of pet but not that kind?

We are all partial to certain animals. We are all afraid or creeped out by some type of animal somewhere. But those of us here know that we have no right to say you cant have a snake because Im afraid of them and they are evil...

"HERES YOUR SIGN!"

Thats all I can think about when I think of people like that :8: :weirdface

People are simply afraid of the unknown. If there were more shows and opportunities for people to see just how nice exotics can be, then they will usually come around.

My mother went from almost having a heart attack when she came to 'see it' (my boa), to walking around the house with it around her neck while making Xmas dinner. Timespan? 4 months. I never pushed her into it, I let her see how well behaved a large snake can actually be and she took the steps on her own.

Later when my boa had a litter of babies, she was so estatic you'd a thought my mom had grandchildren!

Im fighting s 373 and im only 13, wheres my article?

Anyway, i think its good the the news company people are showing that even kids are trying to help out s 373

Article went bye bye.

where'd the article go??? :(

anyone copy it or something by chance???

I would love to see this article, if anyone has a copy of it, with or without comments, it would be nice if they could post it.

Thanks
Nixie

I can't find it either...:(