well a simple check when the snake was chipped should of prevented that. I betting he had(has) mutli snakes he released that were chipped. I think it would be a nice way to stop a ban since it coud be required to ship a reptile that it be chipped and a record of the chipping sent to the state vet as well as a copy of the sales reciept,shipping slip, and the needing a permit so there just a large centeral database on the snakes and who has them. it could prevent the stealing( possible lead to arrest of stolen animals anytime they turn up)... If i knew I could have it done and a record kept like above it might make keeping and updating permit renewals easier, and such. I also would seei f Ican do so myself ( request a batch of chips and they prerecorded as to who got them and such) then I only have to logg in and update the records and register as I use a chip. ( my luck I lose half of them when I trip and fall as i go for one ). It only my opion, This would speciaally be great for breeders of morphs since a linage of their gene history could be kept.