Ohio to ban exotic animal ownership

[iCandiBallPythons]

Thanks Malcolm.

Eddie, your very welcome. If i do come across anything else I'll post it

[bengalfan]

The guy keeping the bear who killed the caretakers a few weeks back isnt going to help.

[Wh00h0069]

The guy keeping the bear who killed the caretakers a few weeks back isnt going to help.

I'm not sure how a bear attack has anything to do with me breeding snakes... I guess that's politics.

[bengalfan]

I'm not sure how a bear attack has anything to do with me breeding snakes... I guess that's politics.

It is politics people keep bears they attack next thing you know no snakes I hope it doesnt come to it but who knows.

[iCandiBallPythons]

Alot of the controversy over this sparked with the bear (exotic animal) attack. Same with the child that was killed by the burm in FL.

[tylersweeney22]

The guy keeping the bear who killed the caretakers a few weeks back isnt going to help.

y do ppl own bears lol. thats something you go to the zoo to see.
but i think if you have some permits and someone goes out to check cages and enviroment is safe and for most part escape prof i could see this being ok, same with big cats heck id love to own a white tiger, alligators same thing. jmo sorry if i afended anyone.. big snakes i think you should have to take an i.q. test first see how much they actually know about what there buying b/c everyone those that little albino snake not really knowing that it gets 20+ ft in some cases. mainly b/c the person selling them tell's them they wont outgrow there enclosure. or other things just so they can make a buck.

[foxcruzin91]

I agree about what you've all said... especially about hitting someone with a car and them taking your license....

If you are under 18 and want your license you have to take drivers ED and have so many hours of driving and class time... (to gain experience)

For other people that want to handle/own snakes or any other "exotic" they should have to do the same...so many class hours and so many handling hours....

Unless you are grandfathered in...

But to make it all illegal would just be plain stupid... yes make it illegal and watch the economy fall even faster... in our own little way by buying food, cages, animals, we all contribute alot to the economy...

If you figure even someone with one ball python spends $1,000 a year min... multiply that by 100,000 people... thats alot of money in just amateurs....

Figure the bigger guys that spend a $1,000 dollars a week...multiply that just by 52 weeks....thats $52,000 from just one person!.....

Yes make it illegal and completely decimate what little is left of the economy especially in hard hit states like Ohio, Michigan, Indiana and other states...

((((anyways)))))

posted this earlier......

I live outside Cleveland... and when they put the burm story on I laughed and wanted to go get it... then like 2 days later someone said they got bite by the snake...lol...(doubtful)

The bear thing... that was kinda stupid...


The AKC is trying to get pitbulls off the viscous dog list...Even after all these people ruined the reputation of them being extremely good family dogs....

Any dog can be mean... take a pit to a dog park and if a poodle bites another dog... the pit automatically has to go..Wtf??

I own retics and some other snakes... all of which can be put to my face and I know these animals can be dangerous... at the same time it all involves responsibility...

Which some of these owners completely neglect to have... proper caging, proper knowledge, and most importantly Experience!!!

Why should we have to give up our rights to have these amazing animals because of stupid people that just thought they were cool and didn't think twice of the damage they could do...or better yet.... didn't know how big they would get (that's my fav excuse)....

Gotta love this situation....

[kalashnikov]

y do ppl own bears lol. thats something you go to the zoo to see.
but i think if you have some permits and someone goes out to check cages and enviroment is safe and for most part escape prof i could see this being ok, same with big cats heck id love to own a white tiger, alligators same thing. jmo sorry if i afended anyone.. big snakes i think you should have to take an i.q. test first see how much they actually know about what there buying b/c everyone those that little albino snake not really knowing that it gets 20+ ft in some cases. mainly b/c the person selling them tell's them they wont outgrow there enclosure. or other things just so they can make a buck.

I keep hearing people say why do people own bears,but if some one knows what ther doing than, by all means own a bear.People often ask why do we own retics some people dont see what we see when we, look at these awsome snakes. But it goes both ways we shouldent be a critict, of people owning other exotics.

[foxcruzin91]

I say let everyone be able to own whatever exotic they want....even if you want to test some of these jersk out there.. all of them would jump online and just read and gather other peoples reaction and knowledge... then try to live by other peoples mistakes... possibly get killed...but hey they deserved it for whatever they did....I also would love to have a tiger and a aligator and some other exotics..
its like buying a used car...if you jump on the first one you see you can get burned... if you wait and the right one finds you typicallybyou have far less issues to deal with in the long run....

[foxcruzin91]

I say let everyone be able to own whatever exotic they want....even if you want to test some of these jersk out there.. all of them would jump online and just read and gather other peoples reaction and knowledge... then try to live by other peoples mistakes... possibly get killed...but hey they deserved it for whatever they did....I also would love to have a tiger and a aligator and some other exotics..
its like buying a used car...if you jump on the first one you see you can get burned... if you wait and the right one finds you typically you have far less issues to deal with in the long run....