Kiss your hobby goodbye!!!! USFW Proposed ban!!!!

[Caskin]

Anyone run across this article yet? I haven't read the whole thing in detail yet (the technobabble lost me early on) but it looks to be a very interesting read, and helpful to our cause.

To sum it up, it's an article contradicting the study released by the USGS a while back.
http://www.plosone.org/article/info:...l.pone.0002931

[bsumpter]

Okay people, we REALLY need to get a petition going or send letters to people that matter! These shallow people who know nothing of the creatures we all love, and therefor fear them, want to pass legislation just to look like they're doing something. I'm not sure what half of this legal babble means but I do get the gist of it. We cannot allow this to happen. Now, I haven't read the entire thing through but I intend to over the next few days. I'm new to the herpetoculture hobby, but I do it because I love these critters. I'm outraged to think that people might actually allow this to happen. It's gonna take an effort on the part of all of us so, what can we do? Any ideas?

[TheVipersHouse]

This is stupid, yet another sad attempt of people who do not understand snakes trying to ban them Like my ball python is ever going to eat me

its not about snakes eating people nor is it about fear . its about
The Government being pissed off cause they dont see the money derived from selling of these animals ..
its the Government wanting to dip their hands in for a profit and since most people sell their stuff privately means no taxes and no taxes makes big brother mad cause their not getting rich off the little guys ..
so what do they do when they cant dip their hands in ? they jump in and try to control it and ban it , so if anyones caught they will get fined out the ass and the government gets paid ...

[enslavedbyboa's]

wow, I'm happy to be here in NL
I hope for you all you can stop this al happen !!

[xanaxez]

they're several petition forums on other sites. i signed one just last night =)

[hoax]

they're several petition forums on other sites. i signed one just last night =)

Can you link some of these sites? I would be interested in signing these and I am sure there are lots of people on here who would.

[hoax]

from the USGS
Paragraph number 2 read a little further next time.

Methodology/Principal Findings

Here we show that a predicted continental expansion is unlikely based on the ecology of the organism and the climate of the U.S. Our ecological niche models, which include variables representing climatic extremes as well as averages, indicate that the only suitable habitat in the U.S. for Burmese pythons presently occurs in southern Florida and in extreme southern Texas. Models based on the current distribution of the snake predict suitable habitat in essentially the only region in which the snakes are found in the U.S. Future climate models based on global warming forecasts actually indicate a significant contraction in suitable habitat for Burmese pythons in the U.S. as well as in their native range.

They are saying that it will not be spreading and because of the climate changes the are in which they can have a habitat is actually shrinking in the us. please read this and every one please post a comment about it.

[hoax]

Paragraph #3

Conclusions/Significance

The Burmese python is strongly limited to the small area of suitable environmental conditions in the United States it currently inhabits due to the ecological niche preferences of the snake. The ability of the Burmese python to expand further into the U.S. is severely limited by ecological constraints. Global warming is predicted to significantly reduce the area of suitable habitat worldwide, underscoring the potential negative effects of climate change for many species.

They will not be banning based off what this study says.

[dprince]

Yay!!! Great news, thanks for the update!!

[snakey68]

If indeed they are not banning then that is brilliant news, hope it all works out over there, I am rooting for you.


Even over here in the UK it's been well documented with documentaries and reports of the Everglades problem with Burmese Pythons affecting the native species of other animals and this is a sad fact directly attributed to irresponsible owners unfortunatley.

Its ammunition like that, that will ultimately put most pressure and I just hope we never have a serious incident with a large python let loose involving any humans as that would be catastrophic.

Here in Scotland reptiles escaping or being let loose is not something that would ever cause a problem as we are a land of wind rain snow ice and arctic conditions ......dam think I just depressed myself