Great post! It upsets me to see that they're being treated as if they're in the wrong here, and they are now out thousands of dollars that could have been put toward their kids and their business.

I don't know if the public will ever stop being ignorant and start opening their minds to information and education. As I mentioned to Dan and Colette, my neighbor recently sent a letter to the police department claiming that my ball pythons were an "imminent danger to the community". My first thought was, what about the guy across the street with 3 massive dogs? Granted those dogs seem nice enough when I've met them, but dogs have a rap sheet that easily trumps snake incidents. They are allowed outside into the community multiple times every day, but yet my neighbor is afraid of something that remains inside my house in a cage? I invited an officer to come look for herself and even she laughed about how ridiculous the letter was when she saw exactly what a ball python is. This city/county/state has no laws regarding ball pythons and similar reptiles, so my neighbor couldn't do a thing. But you would think people would at least research the topic in question and make an informed decison -- not one based on an inherent unfounded fear.
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• UT Press x2: Mapleton rebuffs snake farm - W von Papineäu, Wed Jul 18 12:30:12 2007
• RE: UT Press x2: Mapleton rebuffs snake farm - vcane, Wed Jul 18 12:38:04 2007
• Mapleton is the laughing stock of Utah.. - theanimalman, Wed Jul 18 13:04:35 2007
• RE: UT Press x2: Mapleton rebuffs snake - dantheham, Wed Jul 18 13:25:18 2007
• RE: What a lovely double standard... - Exotics by Nature, Wed Jul 18 18:39:54 2007
• RE: What a lovely double standard... - JenHarrison, Thu Jul 19 03:18:30 2007
• RE: My... how neighborly... - Exotics by Nature, Thu Jul 19 11:32:34 2007
• RE: UT Press x2: Mapleton rebuffs snake farm - BuzzardBall, Thu Jul 19 08:19:28 2007
• lets make Herpetoculture Agriculture - ChristopherD, Thu Jul 19 12:04:36 2007