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[Bogertophis]

There is news of an escaped cobra in Texas today. Prepare for another round of knee-jerk regulations and laws.

Must be this one: https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/05/us/mi...rnd/index.html

Notable details:
"Police said the owner had a permit to own the snake from the State of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department."

...."Grand Prairie Animals services said that a local ordinance prohibits owning wild animals within the city limits, in a post on its Facebook page.“We are looking at a city ordinance violation … we’re also exploring, did he violate some type of state law for being negligent on the snake getting out of its cage,” Beseda said. “We have not charged him or arrested him or done anything. We’re simply exploring all of our options.”
The Grand Prairie police and fire departments alerted area hospitals about the cobra and initiated a protocol with Parkland Hospital in Dallas to treat anyone who might be bitten by the snake."

Sounds like he's likely to be in trouble. This is very a populated area: "Grand Prairie is a city of about 200,000 people between Dallas and Fort Worth." So stay tuned for more. If you're going to own hots, you have to be smart enough to know that a permit by the state doesn't grant you permission to keep things in violation of local (city or county) ordinances. I wouldn't recommend copying him.

And this is exactly the worst kind of incident for our community of responsible keepers, as in-

...one person doing something stupid to ruin it for everyone else...