Quote Originally Posted by Foschi Exotic Serpents View Post
This right here is our biggest problem... The (It'll never happen to me) way of thinking.. We should all support each other. No matter what pets we have. CT just banned the big pythons along with monitors, some amphibians, and Quaker (monk) parakeets.. I use to own a Quaker years ago. They are smallish parrots with huge personalities and they talk. Amazing birds and very popular pets..

I support ALL pet owners. Knowing the evil behind the HSUS and the fact that they have every media outlet and politician in their millionaire back pocket should be enough for anyone to NOT recommend doing anything that would cause bad press for us.




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Quote Originally Posted by Maixx View Post
There are states that have "all reptile" bans going through legislation, and even if its not your home state, with every one of these that passes, it sets a precedent making the next one that much harder to beat.
So yes your bp's could end up eventually being at risk too.

IF that happens ( I think that is a HUGE stretch and am not really worried about it ) then I will deal with it. WHEN it happens.

ALL I was doing from the beginning was simply pointing out that some of your " logic " and forum gossiping was off mark. That and I STILL dont get what press you people are talking about ?!? Other than here and other snake forums, there has been no press. My god, I went back and searched the WSJ and other larger news sites and found NOTHING on this. I havent even seen a blip on any news channels. Maybe my search skills suck and I have just changed the channels at the exact wrong moment.

Honestly though, the government could confiscate thousands of large snakes tomorrow and nobody would care ( except the herp community ). I would be willing to bet my truck that you could ask 100 random strangers whats going on with large snakes right now and you wouldnt get 5 that could answer it. ( of course you could ask those same 100 people how many stars were on the US flag and the numbers wouldnt be much higher ).

Sorry if I came off insensitive earlier. Like I said, for the herp community, this IS a big deal. This could hurt / kill thousands of snakes. Destroy income for who knows how many people. Outside the herp community though, nobody knows whats going on... and sadly, probably doesnt care.