*keep in mind I have not read all the posts, it's like 5am and I'm too lazy to right now*

I think that if someone is stupid enough to have something like a tiger as a pet, and can't care for it, and gets killed, it's natural selection. Weeding out the stupid, I don't feel bad for those people at all. I do feel bad that the animal usually gets killed as well. May sound cold, but I'm in school essentially learning how to be a zookeeper, and honestly anyone with half a brain should know that those are not logical "safe" pets. People find ways to kill themselves everyday, you can't put restrictions on everything, and this is supposed to be a "free country". However this does not apply to endangered/restricted species, which is a different issue.

With reptiles I think there should be some more regulation in terms of animal cruelty, with laws to support it. I mean someone keeping a full grown savannah monitor in a 30g fish tank should be charged like someone keeping a golden retriever in a small cage would be. They are just not as strict as they should be with cruelty in regards to less "cute" and "popular" animals. I have seen many a reptile who's owner deserved to be in jail for the low quality of care they were providing. I hate the ignorance excuse, do your research before you get any animal. I'm sure no one would buy the "I didn't know it need fresh water and food, and a decent amount of room" excuse if it was a dog or cat, so why is it okay for a turtle or a lizard?

I am not okay with the government telling me I can't take my pets wherever I move. I don't have any large snakes or restricted species, but if I did want one, the government shouldn't be able to confine it to one state. Tag it, put a chip in it, make me register it, that's fine, but we should be able to cross state lines with our pets. You try telling someone with a dog that they can't take it with them when the move out of state! Why is a beloved snake any different? The isolated incidences in south Florida are just that-isolated. These laws are a massive over reaction to a local problem.