Did you ask him about this?
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I still do not agree with him. Once again he brought up the southern states as "warm states" including south carolina. I could take all of my burmese pythons outside in greenville south carolina right now and release them all. Not one of them would survive and I would expect someone that has one of the largest zoos in america and works with these animals on a daily basis to know that. I like to keep my house in the 60-70 degree range because I like cold weather so my herps are not even safe in my home in south carolina. They all have heat tape or radiant heat panels or heat lights and they also have a heater that heats there room to 80-85 degress at all times. I dont think the agreement papers would work. I just dont see that as something that would work but its a start and anything to get congress off our backs. I liked jack alot when I was growing up but It just blows my mind when people think exotics can survive in south carolina and georgia. We do get pretty hot in the summer but we also freeze in the winter.