new NC snake law

[Oxylepy]

I actually love the idea of this law. Do they have any licensing program for these animals?

Personally I think if you have an animal as a pet and it is venomous or actually large enough to cause harm (this includes a lot of dogs) then you should have to register, and they should have suggestions on enclosures. And it's the kind of thing they should keep up on and actually come by your house from time to time to make sure your animal is doing well and you're keeping up with things.

Other than creating some minor hassle, if you are a responsible pet owner then this will be a simple nuisance, but it will stop people's small dogs from disappearing and stop potential attacks on people.

Also, I do firmly support them having affordable classes to go to that will teach you to handle very large or very venomous animals (with people who actually know what they are talking about).

And you should still have to register if your animal has had it's venom glands removed (because it's offspring will be venomous).

But, seriously, I don't see how any of this can be seen as unreasonable. That'd be like arguing that it's unreasonable to make you have a license for a car.

[mechnut450]

I know In delaware you ( now ) required to get a permit for each none native snake you want. I am not sure how that effects vemonous snakessince I don't keep any. I do know they not really changed it as ofright now as in some parts you can't own a snake unless you own x amount of land but you can havea horse, goat or whatever animal wise.

I do believe that a person should be held responible for their pets, I know thatyeah escapes happen and such but I also think letting neighbors know( warned) and the spca incase the animal is seen outside the home would be helpful specially if the neightbor willing to call and let you know . since retriving it would prevent an attack.
I do call and update the state Permit ) office about 1-2 times a year as to what I am housing so as to prevent any issues incase ther ever a complaint. Might be why I get some slack cut .. I know of several of my past rescue were given up cause people found out they were not able ot get the permits or such.

[aaramire]

Personally, I think the responses here would be a lot different if this law applied to ball pythons and the like, but I wont go into that now. I never said the law was unreasonable, I think its beneficial for the animals, this way they have a chance of getting better care and it will be harder for pet stores to have them in stock. To me this means more people will buy from responsible breeders who actually know what they are doing, and those people who wont put in the effort to taking proper care of the animals wont be able to purchase them as easily. I think there are a lot of good things about this legislation, I do feel that it is a bit ambiguous and there are some issues that need to be addressed before I will accept it completely, but overall it is not as bad as it could be.

[mainbutter]

Personally, I think the responses here would be a lot different if this law applied to ball pythons and the like, but I wont go into that now.

Very good point, and I do think it points out one of the very good aspects of this new legislation: it actively recognizes only a restricted number of species as potentially dangerous, venomous snakes and the biggest of the big constrictors.

None of this "oh no3s pythons are invading the everglad3s!" business with pictures of ball pythons.