Making a compairson of muscovys (which I also have) to large snakes is a difficult one because when the poltry people scream most people are willing to listen because the like ducks and whan they see a baby one they say AHHHHHH isn't that cute. Plus there is not a media campain going full blast to make people think big snakes are bad, kill people and destroy the environment and will be in your backyard soon. Regular people think banning a duck is silly.



By the way I noticed on one of the new shows they tweeked there wording a little they said "with global warming these snakes could spread to the entire southern US. And they did mention escaped animals so they can stand on the tecnicality that houses or buildings destroyed by hurricanes were escapes but the perception for the general public was bad caging with irrisponsible owners.

The 2 shows had a strong and continuous message from zoo keepers, psychologists, pet shop owners, biologists, USFW, polititions, neighbors and friends that people who keep more than 1 or 2 reptiles have some kind of psycological/social problem and they live on the fringes of society. Most people who I know that keep many reptiles have way more intrests and general knowledge that the average person which gives them less in common with the average person. I guess if your only passion is not football or nascar or american idol you live on the fringe.

Rob

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