When I moved to Canada shortly after leaving college, I had to sell my Ball since there is an ordinance with similar wording there...just says "Pythons." I asked someone in an official position (it's been years since now and I can't recall who I contacted) and they fed me a lie about how it's to protect people's children and pets from dangerous large reptiles. I pointed out that my ADULT Ball Python was a mere three feet long, tops...and then he said it's also to prevent people from keeping them as pets and releasing them into the wild to form a breeding population of dangerous, non-native constrictors that will THEN go out and eat children/pets/et cetera.Originally Posted by NomiGold
I just found out that 'Pythons' are illegal where I'm moving, and of course this makes me terribly sad. I have been waiting for a long time to be able to move out and have one! The bylaw says nothing other than 'Pythons', which leads me to believe that all species are included, but I still plan on emailing whomever one emails about local laws to ask.
What makes it worse is that I'm moving so close to where the Canadian Reptile Breeders Expo is.
He didn't have a good response to my reply of "Then they'd all DIE in the first really good freeze."
It's a load of BS but I'm a law abiding person, so...I sold my snake before I finalized the move.
Without irony, for TOTALLY unrelated reasons, I am now flagged as a "threat" to Canada and almost every time I cross the border I have to go through customs.I adore Canada, but holy crap there be some ignorance up there.
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