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RE: Snakes VS The Media Machine And Hognose

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Posted by: geckoejon at Fri Aug 9 04:47:36 2013  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by geckoejon ]  
   

i always inform anyone who is going to even hold any of my hogs that they are rear fanged. however unlikely it might be that they would bite, it is still wise to inform people of the facts. i certainly would inform someone if they were buying one. although, they are not considered poisonous and even a child can legally buy one. that is excluding local state regulations with bans and permits required

i got my first boa when i was 12 yrs old, which was decades ago. i have kept and bred on a small hobbyist scale many reptiles since. do i think reptiles in general are that dangerous... no. do they have the potential to be? yes, look at the facts :/ people can be seriously injured and killed by some of them. there are always going to be IDIOTS in this world that will mess it up for the responsible keepers. there are also some accidents and negligence. people that let their pet boids and monitors go in the wild once they reach a size that they feel is unmanageable, ect... i see and hear of it frequently here in florida :/

do i think they should have some regulations? yes, because of all the idiots that want to abuse the privilege to keep some reptiles. do i think there should be outright bans? no. i feel that responsible keepers should be able to keep and raise what they wish. there should be some way to track down the idiots that want to screw it up for the rest of us though. i think the media is getting all the hype stirred up. that is how they make their money. i think the government is trying to quench the people's fears, often caused by ignorance, by outright bans. i don't feel that is right either.

where is the middle ground? keeping people responsible for the animals they keep and also keeping the right to keep and breed reptiles? i am not sure...

personally, i don't see a need for hogs to ever be hit by any regulations. we will see though.

just my 2 cents... if any of that makes sense. lol

jonathan


   

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