Idea to effect good PR for the hobby.

[wilomn]

I had an idea for that, too.
Idyllic family scene, with parent helping child feeding FT mouse to ball python on tongs, then going to sit and watch TV with parents.
Knock on door--it's the cops and animal control, coming to take the pet snake away, because a ban was passed 2 months ago, and the family never knew, and someone reported them.

Harsh, but effective, no?

Very effective. If you're peta or hsus.

Come on donna, think before you post. People LIKE little white mice and you want to dangle one in front of a snake with your kid and then have a door kicked in?

No, not a good idea at all.

The plain and simple is, unless and until the public image of snake keepers is changed, snakes will remain demonized.

Look at Harleys and the guys who ride them. The average American is scared crapless of those guys. Why? Because a few morons have ruined it for everyone else.

I don't see much hope.