purple python.....I don't think I agree at all with anything you are saying on this thread. There are plenty of bad "pet" owners out there. Does that mean that we should ban all the fish, dogs, cats and etc. Because there are far more poor pet keepers in that area than in the snake arena. And if you want to go with the route that these big snakes are dangerous...what about feral cats.....they do much more damage than some of these snakes and are out there due to poor husbandry issues with owners.