Quote Originally Posted by Rob View Post
Are we really comparing tigers and snakes? I can control a adult burm/retic with a hook or a roll of paper towels. Try that with a tiger, apples and oranges.
But if something like a training course made it possible for large snakes to be legal all over the states again I'd be all for it.


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Exactly.
Willowy - I am not saying we should have no regulations but keeping a large constrictor is NOWHERE NEAR as dangerous as keeping something like a tiger or even a bobcat for that matter. I would also be all for having a little training course or something of that nature - perhaps an online one - to educate large snake keepers just getting into the hobby.
I understand your point - but I don't think as much regulation as you're suggesting is really necessary.

Just to put it into perspective: "For every one person killed by a large snake, 26 people are killed by dogs, 65 by angry cows, and 97 people die in horse related accidents."
That is from a 2012 survey from the Chicago Herpetological Society. Should we also require inspections and permits to own cows and dogs?