RI approved rules effective April 2010

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Oh Im not mad at all, but I do enjoy a discussion with differing points of view from time to time.

That said I agree that it should be the responsibility of the providers <breeders, middlemen, shippers, stores> to ensure that they arent simply selling living, and potentially dangerous animals to anyone ignorant soul whos misguided to buy one for whatever reason, without taking the time to be sure they can and know how to care for it properly.
but theres not, and theres so much sale going to people who shouldnt be owning these animals with little being done to moderate it. At some point I am ok with the government stepping in to handle it, since no one else will. I agree they arent always as efficient about handling problems as they should be, but in my ideal world when I say this, I envision them appointing people with knowledge of the field to decide guidelines for licensing and testing.

In a nutshell what Im trying to say is, you can only say its the communities job for so long, while the community isnt handling it.

Your view point is pretty good but it takes some certain things under assumption.

A) Whoever is appointed to this position will likely not know squat about reptiles. He might have some people in his office or a consultant who might. Likely he'll be put there through the washington cronie Jobs program. Just another government official appointed to a do nothing position by his buddies or maybe even a lobbying group.


B) We are the community. Us here. And over at other sites, and conventions. Everyday we spread knowledge about reptile care. We are handling it but that leads me to C.


C) Nothing will ever completely stamp out the practice of people getting animals they should. Or mistreating animals. Thats a sad thing but nothing can be done to fully make that go away. We are far more effective at spreading knowledge than the government. Most people aren't monsters who mistreat snakes and other animals. Though they are out there, most people are simply ignorant.


Finally If you give the government an inch. Eventually they will want the whole thing. This is evident on multiple multiple instances throughout the 1900's with the government sticking there fingers in several private industries. Only to try to take the whole thing and subsequently make it horrible. Look at schools as a perfect example. The government honestly will never make them work. And the parents can't trust them because they are controlled by unions and radicals who are out of touch with core america. To worried about making sensitive happy kids, rather than smart useful ones.


I agree buisnesses need to take more responsibility to make sure the animals they make are getting a good home. But that again is up to us the customer. It's up to us to Support High quality Breeders like Pro Exotics, BHB, and all the other great breeders on this site.


We can't farm out problems to government. We have to take responsibility. It's up to you and me.

EDIT: 3 points for boring my text wall