Quote Originally Posted by MarkS View Post
A couple of things to remember.

The snake has ALREADY been convicted in the media.

There has been no medical report as of yet so actual cause of death is not known. These things tend to take a long time to complete. Much of the story will already be out of the media by the time the truth is known.

Once the actual cause of death is known, (and I'm betting that the snake will be exonerated) there will be NO followup reports in the media explaining that the snake was not at fault.

ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. But if we get the facts right and have the right arguments to fend off the nonsense, then we can score where it matters: in the legislative and judicial battles.

But of course media perception matters. Any experts here? Anyone here working for NBC or MSNBC or CBS or (*vomit*) fox?

i dont know, just make us look not so bad in the media. There is an avalanche of very bad and nasty coming downhill on all keepers of constricting snakes, which includes ball pythons.