Not that im big on restricting people or there animals BUT I also believe that Michigan should have a formal licensing that extends state wide and trumps city regs.

Michigan has no regs regarding reptiles but cities have local regs built into the city code ... these city regs are all over the place, dont make much sence, are vague at best and leave lots of loopholes eitherway. A state wide license is the way to go plus it will provide some extra state funding possibly even city funding, could probably set something up similar to the system in place now by the DNR for wolfs and some other big cat species, DNR collects yearly fees for the permit and the citys collect a small inspection fee once or twice a year ... and it will keep some animals out of some peoples hands that dont belong having them.

Not really sure how one would go about such setting up such licensing, and im sure the folks who want to ban everything will try and railroad it and change the purpose ... and im sure even the people that would benefit from the licensing would oppose it.

Its a big mess and needs something state wide, we could model Florida's permit system or even the city of Cleveland Ohio has a pretty good permit system.

I would be happy to help with this, sooner or later it has to be done, better to have it set and put into place by people who actually care about these animals and dont want to see them outright banned.
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