Quote Originally Posted by Freakie_frog View Post
This law keep local people from going out and catching them in the wild for the pet trade. Make them illeglal to own and no will want to catch sale or breed them from wild stock.. it keeps the local population where it belongs in the wild.
Very valid point, but I don't think that's the true intentions. There are plenty of wild Georgia species you can just take from the wild. What's the difference about snakes, frogs, turtles and other amphibians? They are not "pests", even though they out number many mammal species.

I can keep and/or KILL every single venomous snake I find in Georgia. Seems a little backwards, eh? 40 species of snakes in Georgia and 6 or so of those are deadly. BUT I CAN KEEP THEM IN MY HOUSE. Damn this state is messed up.

BTW, from what I hear it's not easy to get a permit. I am probably on their list by now (DNR). Asked them about breeding three mating pairs of sugar gliders since they "lifted the ban". I need to get a permit and have my "breeding facility" inspected by the USDA. And about hedgehogs.....I still don't really understand that one.

Oh yeah, silliest of all (non animal related)....if I want to drink on Sundays and I am out of beer I have to DRIVE somewhere to drink and DRIVE home.