Snake lovers fear transporting rules would hurt hobby

[ER12]

http://www.tennessean.com/article/20...ld+hurt+hobby+

[Aeries]

First article I've read in a while that hasn't made my stomach crawl. That one was pretty decent as far as herp news articles go.

[Russ Lawson]

First article I've read in a while that hasn't made my stomach crawl. That one was pretty decent as far as herp news articles go.

Yeah, except for the continued blaming of irresponsible pet owners for releasing burms in south FL, when all evidence points to Hurricane Andrew being the largest cause...

And also the part about the federal government's biologists claiming the Burmese pythons are wreaking havoc on the ecology in the Everglades. Any professional biologist who fails to grasp how ecologically damaged the Everglades has been for the past few decades, and how minimalistic the affect is that Burmese pythons are adding to the picture, isn't worthy of their title. To suggest the species' removal would bring the Everglades anywhere remotely closer to a natural state is absurd. It would be a drop out of the pond.

Do I think the burms should be in the wild in south Florida? No. Would I be willing to help aid in their removal? Absolutely. What these so-called professionals are claiming though makes it blatantly obvious how little they know about what they are arguing for (or worse how little they care that they are lying in order to further their own careers and agendas at whatever cost there is for the thousands of Americans who keep these animals).

[pavlovk1025]

I think that the number of snakes released into the wild would increase if they were made illegal. People who are moving cant take their pet? Released. They say it cuts off the supply at the spigot, Im pretty sure this is just opening the flood gates. What are they going to do when their legislation increases the number of giant snakes released into the wild?

[nixer]

What are they going to do when their legislation increases the number of giant snakes released into the wild?

try to pass another law! because thats all the have tried to do in the past 200 years!

[pavlovk1025]

try to pass another law! because thats all the have tried to do in the past 200 years!

How effective.

[nixer]

How effective.

a piece of paper is not effective.... paper might cover rock but in the end the rock always wins