"...who should fight the ban " simple. EVERYONE . Dog and cat owners and associations , bird breeders, tropical fish enthusiast , everyone. While boas and pythons may be the current focus they represent a stepping stone. The objective of those who want to take them away is far greater and they will continue to relentlessly peruse their goals against all of us."

Yes, divide and conquer seems to work well against us. The humaniac groups have been able to accomplish a lot because they target individual groups such as hunters, medical research, farmers, and all of the various pet keepers and breeders SEPARATELY! And none of the groups have ever seen fit to support the other groups "because it doesn't affect ME!". Take note of this and remember the next time somebody wants to pass a law to take away some group's rights that you are not a part of. If there is no REALLY GOOD reason to pass a law or make new rules (other than to just look like the people in charge are "doing something" then STAND UP AND BE COUNTED! Even if you don't have anything to say other than "it appears to be a law that will do more harm than good for the following reasons________, so I am against it", that does count for something, if enough people write in. Not everyone has to be actively involved in the boa and python market to have their voice heard. Obviously, a short "against it" letter won't count as much as a professional letter with actual data, but numbers do count, and we need lots of numbers to have our opinons heard.

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• who should fight the ban - sjs, Mon Feb 4 01:48:03 2008
• RE: who should fight the ban - wstreps, Mon Feb 4 07:33:15 2008
• RE: who should fight the ban - sjs, Mon Feb 4 07:40:07 2008
• YES, everyone... - kathylove, Mon Feb 4 14:31:12 2008