I understand your viewpoint heeltoeclutch, and have noticed the same lack of response to many legal threads on this forum. I am not sure if it is due to many not looking in this sub forum, or if it is a sign of general malaise in our community. When the new proposed add-ons to the lacey act had a comment period (where the public could post comments), there was a thread posted here and I went to comment. I think it only got 700 comments or something like that and I know there are thousands of herpers in the US.
I think some of it is the mentality that "I don't own a large constrictor and BPS aren't on the list so it doesn't effect me"... What people don't get is that banning the big snakes is the first step in a process that will take away our rights to own any pets. I, myself, now have two boas that could be put on the lacey act and (if this opinion gets passed and is then suggested to the legislature and turns into law), could be banned. If these people get their way, there will be no breeding / keeping of these snakes.
Here is a link to USARKs article about the issue. It explains some things more clearly than the other article and also goes into detail about the AR people behind it and what AR groups goals are.
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