It didn't sound like you were aware of the current laws concerning Reptiles of Concern (ROC's)in the State of Florida in your responses to Tom Crutchfield. It hasn't been a requirement long enough to evaluate it's effectiveness but do you think adding more laws to already very good laws is the answer? Do you honestly think you will have better compliance with additional, more restrictive laws or will the same people that are ignoring the current laws continue to do so. I can't see how Florida’s Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee is currently considering Senate bill 318 to prohibit certain large constrictor snakes as pets in the state while the ink that wrote the current laws concerning ROC's is still wet!! It defies logic to think you can legislate additional compliance at the risk of alienating a whole community that will step up and help in any way we can to continue doing what we do. The tools are already in place to enforce compliance with the ROC.....why are more needed? And I don't even want to get started on the logic of S373...........
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Tom Burke
www.BurkeReptiles.com

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