Will you be saying bye bye to your Ball Pythons?

[Vypyrz]

There is reason for the pathetic turnouts compared to HR669. We had more than a month before the bill was going to be heard and for this it hardly seems like hardly have a week to work and spread the word of this new bill. If we had known about this earlier, I think it would have made more of an impact.

I think some of it also had to do with 669 affecting a broader piece of the pet industry. The exotic fish, bird and mammal people may think this is a "python issue" and that they are safe, so they will sit this one out. I don't know what PetSmarts position is on this, but would they really care if they lost their BP's? I doubt it. They would just toss another Corn, King, or Gecko in the empty tank. But when their birds, fish, and guinea pigs are in jeopardy, along with the sales of the supplies to support them, that equals big financial loss, and that's when the corporate heat gets turned up...



Rob