No offense, guys, but just having participated (yesterday afternoon into the evening) in an Indiana State House committee hearing on a proposed oppressive bill that talks about "exotic animals and public safety", this kind of dialogue on a public forum feeds fuel (maybe more like ammunition) to activist groups such as the Humane Society of the United States.

For the past week, I have been working closely with many, many others in Indiana to stomp this down.

This is only Indiana and I am sure there is plenty of other proposed legislation, sitting in committees, just waiting to be slipped through when no one is looking.

Once again, this open dialogue can, and will be used against all breeders in all states, boas and pythons.

Don't get me going ... I have already killed a case of Southern Comfort over all this.

Respectfully, Bill Gaines

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