Seems like there are a lot of illegally kept animals here...

[JLC]

There are far too many variables in this scenario to judge people you see posting online. That's my opinion, and the stance of BP.net, anyhow.

1. Sometimes people will put down the nearest large city so folks have a general idea of their location...rather than the specific smaller city/town/suburb that may have different laws entirely.

2. Some people are simply unaware that there may be local laws against owning what seems to be a perfectly harmless pet and may likely have even been sold to them by a pet store in the same city.

3. Some people may have been grandfathered into current local restrictions.

4. Some people may have all the proper permits in place.

...and I could go on.

Here at BP.net, we don't condone actively breaking the law or encouraging people to break laws by telling them how to do so. But we are NOT the police...we are not here to enforce laws. It is not our responsibility to be aware of every law governing every country, state, city, town, or HOA that our thousands of members might live in.

If we see someone on here telling people how they can sneak around the laws in NYC and buy ball pythons illegally, then we'll put a stop to that. But if we see someone who's profile happens to say NYC and they have a pet ball python....that is their business, and it's not our job to worry about it.