PETA Sues Zoo Med

[Cheesenugget]

Lol this is so dumb on their end. I highly doubt they will win on the DEC action. I'm not aware of any laws out there pertaining specifically to how a pet snake is to be housed. The closest you may find is a city ordinance or licensed requirement of some sort from the Department of Wildlife in that state, and these rules are usually pretty vague and not strictly enforced for snakes that would fit in a 40gallon zoo med tank. They are more concerned about large invasive species like a burmese than how you housed a corn snake, lol. Animal cruelty investigated by most states animal control in their respective county will also have their own rules.. but mainly, they apply to dogs and cats, and even most are relax on what constitutes neglect and cruelty for a dog or cat. They are less concerned about the size of the tank but whether or not the animal is being abused, neglected or abandoned in said tank. And technically these are not registered zoo animals, so can't apply their caging requirements either. So long story short, unless PETA can back this up with a strong legal argument, not with feels, I highly doubt they will win.

I hope they go to trial. I hope they have a 'battle of the experts.' I'm not a big fan of Zoo Med either, so I think both sides can learn something from people other than themselves. Maybe that will scare the other companies enough to stop making and selling heat rocks. It would be a joy to read the depo transcript of the idiot in PETA, their designated corp rep, trying to explain themselves away, while being grilled by the opposing attorney who probably would ask him or her, "Have you ever kept reptiles as pets?" Or "What is PETA's shelter procedure pertaining to the intake and care of pets?" Oh the humility, lol.

Btw, I have a 40g Zoo Med tank. Popcorn is almost a year old, and he already reached the length of one side of the tank. But you know what, this is his adult tank until he grows bigger than expected, because corn snakes also like to climb, so adding climbing decor and building up matters as much as floor space for species that does both. And corn snakes are in the top 3, if not #1, pet snake in the US. There will always be a small group of people who keep their snakes improperly, but that can be in a tank as big as a 8 foot long.