Burms captured in wild(Florida )

[RichsBallPythons]

heres a story just printed today

http://www.clickorlando.com/news/20237121/detail.html#

[Patricia]

I saw a story about it on both CNN and our local 11pm news last night.

[Neal]

That is sad that the snake was "destroyed" as they put it, I think whoever did that should have his face broken.

[Michelle.C]

That is sad that the snake was "destroyed" as they put it, I think whoever did that should have his face broken.

Unfortunately, it is a necessity. While I'm sure the animal was not humanely euthanized, the end result is the same. I couldn't personally harm these animals, but it has to be done. It's not like you can find a 20' wild Burmese a safe home when you have CB "docile" Burms all over the US that are unable to find homes.

I do believe all of them should be humanely "destroyed", instead of letting people torture them for trophy purposes.

Just my opinion though.

[Neal]

Unfortunately, it is a necessity. While I'm sure the animal was not humanely euthanized, the end result is the same. I couldn't personally harm these animals, but it has to be done. It's not like you can find a 20' wild Burmese a safe home when you have CB "docile" Burms all over the US that are unable to find homes.

I do believe all of them should be humanely "destroyed", instead of letting people torture them for trophy purposes.

Just my opinion though.

Surely a zoo, or something among that, a place like glades herps, or anybody would of taken the burm.

[Michelle.C]

Surely a zoo, or something among that, a place like glades herps, or anybody would of taken the burm.

I have been rescuing reptiles for quite sometime, longer than I've kept them as pets. Unfortunately, that's what a lot of people think. A Burmese gets 20' or more, people think zoos, collectors, etc. will take them. Sadly, this isn't the case. I've had five 16' plus Burmese pass through my house and most of them took over a year to re-home. Zoos don't need them, most collectors don't want them. Most of the people that inquire are just likely to end up causing themselves and/or the animals suffering.

I'm not saying that particular case couldn't have been handled differently. I'm saying, in most cases, it's very hard to find a "tame" 20' Burmese a decent home.

It's very sad that it has come down to these wonderful animals being euthanized. I won't argue on that point.

[Neal]

I have been rescuing reptiles for quite sometime, longer than I've kept them as pets. Unfortunately, that's what a lot of people think. A Burmese gets 20' or more, people think zoos, collectors, etc. will take them. Sadly, this isn't the case. I've had five 16' plus Burmese pass through my house and most of them took over a year to re-home. Zoos don't need them, most collectors don't want them. Most of the people that inquire are just likely to end up causing themselves and/or the animals suffering.

I'm not saying that particular case couldn't have been handled differently. I'm saying, in most cases, it's very hard to find a "tame" 20' Burmese a decent home.

It's very sad that it has come down to these wonderful animals being euthanized. I won't argue on that point.

True, it is hard to find a large snake a home, even with it being docile. It would be awesome if we could all pitch in one day and open a BP.net rescue of some sort, and have snakes taken care of there that people don't want. If I had a big land, and the money, I would open my own rescue, but sadly I don't see that happening anytime soon.