I knew the argument about dog numbers would get thrown out there. My point of posting this was that several politicians here in Fl. on both the fed. and state levels are screaming for bans on ownership of large snakes. They are all citing the case of a little girl who died in Lady Lake Fl. from a Burmese python and saying something needs to be done about large constrictors. This is to my knowledge (feel free to correct me if you find something.) the ONLY death related to a large constrictor here in Fl. in the almost 15yrs. I've lived here and as I said before I am not sure any other such deaths have occurred in Fl. prior to that one.
The permitting thing aside this snake was improperly caged. If in fact this girl was actually killed by the snake (I still have my doubts given the size of the snake.) there was plenty irresponsibility to go around in this situation and it does not reflect on most keepers. Ultimately however my dog figures were only from what I have read online from the past 2 months. I don't care how many dogs people own 3 deaths and 2 maulings is off the charts and is more cause for alarm than snakes ever should be.
I am against legislating against either with the exception of laws encouraging more responsible ownership and even then their are plenty of laws on the books for that now. However given the number of recent dog attacks here in Fl., screaming about the dangers of large snake attacks is kind of like worrying about a burning strawman in your fireplace while the Ocala forrest is burning down behind you.

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