If you read the ten questions, you will notice they are all related to "industry". There is very little said about the threat to wildlife. Every F&W officer knows a boa or python has no chance in the wild in any state that winter time temps are below 40 degrees for any length of time. This is so far, a very unregulated industry, meaning anyone with the knowledge can breed and sell a small amount of these animals from their house and make a nice little chunk of change from it. This is an untapped revenue stream for the Fed. Gov. They are Phishing to find out just how many people are breeding and selling. Look how many fed and state officials have been at Daytona the past few years. The Gov. is broke and needs revenue, we are an easy group to pick on because although there are a lot of us (meaning more revenue), we are not in the general mainstream. But the prices of some of these animals is high enough that it may warrent other legislation. It is not like we have "fuzzy kitties". For the most part, the general public would be glad to see lots of restrictions put on us, and who would benefit from that...the feds, who sell the permits and those that have a vested interest in the industry. They say that permits would be issued for medical, zoological, etc purposes. Does anyone know where pythons are used in medical purposes? This is not even a bill yet, like I said, it is a phishing trip. If the Feds were really interested in protecting the wildlife, they would be going after the ferro cat and pack dog problem that has ravaged much of the wildlife in this country. EVERYONE.....follow the money trail, nothing happens in this country without leaving a trail of greenbacks.

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