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Bighaze
at Sun Feb 12 12:42:03 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Bighaze ]
As I have said before, here in the burm forum, and yesterday on another forum, I'm all for it, but it is not even close to being enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The $100 fee is a good idea, but it will do little good if the pet stores are not made to check to see if the buyer has the permit, kinda like checking ID's for beer or cigarettes. It also would go a long way if the pet stores stopped charging only $40-$50 for a snake that can get to 20'+, stopped selling them to kids, old and young. There is a lot more that needs to be done, and we as the keepers of these great snakes, should be the ones to make it right, not some dumb@$$ committe, that has no idea about what day it is non the less how to care for a lg reptile. It should be up to US and if we don't do something and fast we WILL LOSE our rights to keep them.
What I would like to see(I know it wont happen) is a larger fee,(like $300-$500 per snake) and twice a year inspection BUY A STATE OFFICER for any and all lg reptiles. I would like to see laws that would put a stop to pet stores selling lg reptiles,(lets face it, if you can't buy from a breeder, then more then likely you shouldn't have it in the first place). I know it sounds a little over the top, but it is a lot better then an outright ban, and the money they get from the fee's could help with the burms and others that are breeding in the glads.
Also, if more of us would take the time to go to schools, and teach the next generation about reptiles, it could help, as they would have the right info, and not just the badside that the news shows.
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RE: in Florida., the people on "our side" ... - Bighaze, Sun Feb 12 12:42:03 2006