I'm avoiding this temptation. I want a boa and will be really sad if I suddenly can't get one...but I'm not ready for one yet. I wrote my senators and donated to USARK. Not sure there's much else I can do.
I hope & sincerely believe they'll be surprised at the amount of push-back they get. So many of us keeping reptiles ("exotic" pets) are low-key about it, & when law-makers don't hear about something, it doesn't exist for them until it's in their face.
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. Eric Hoffer(1902 - 1983)
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” ~ Gandhi