OMG! Look what the opposition is doing!

[Sariel]

As much as I don't want this ban to go through, or people to think negetive about reptile keepers, there are some people who have no business owning reptiles. I have seen many reptiles living in such terrible conditions or treated so badly or owned for the wrong reasons. Unfortunately there would most likely be no reasonable way to control who can own snakes and who cant.... If all of us reptile people want to keep our reptiles, we should start fixing the problems in our own backyard. Don't ya think?

Just look at how many idiots post youtube videos of doing random stupid crap with their animals. One guy on youtube has a video of him tossing live mice into a pirahna tank and you hear a bunch of guys in the backround going "OH YEAH! AWESOME! GET HIM! THATS SO COOL!" meanwhile, these pirahnas were ripping apart this baby mouse to shreds.

Half of the problem is in our own backyard and we shouldnt get mad over what the media says when clearly no one gives a crap about what other reptile owners are doing. Just like when I went to the Wheaton show.... I saw quite a few tables where it actually made me want to puke at the conditions some of the animals were in.

Sorry if you dont agree with me, but someone had to say this stuff right?

Its not something that hasnt been said to death at this point. What that doesnt justify is that kind of hate filled, misrepresented bias. Every following has people that abuse and misrepresent it. While two wrongs dont make a right, it doesnt make mean that we need to sit back when those outside of our hobby choose to attack it in this fashion. Many of us ARE stepping up and working towards education, but you are never going to eradicate it. There are tons of good and loving pet owners out there and nearly as many people who either dont care or care more about the dollar in -every- aspect of pet keeping. Its a problem that needs to be fixed country wide, but it doesnt need to be fixed by people spewing hate and false information like its truth. It also doesnt need to be fixed by pointing fingers unless its directly at those people who are mismanaging the care of their animals.