A realistic approach would involve common sense and personal responsibility, of course.

I don't care if you want to keep pit bulls, large cats, huge pythons, venomous serpents. I don't care if you want to have all the firearms you can handle. I don't care if you want to fly airplanes, drive fast cars, fast boats. I just don't care. This is America, Land of the Free. Do what you want to do, but you better well have your ass covered in the event you cause harm to someone else or someone else's property.

Get liability insurance. Show financial responsibility.

The only one single law throughout the land that should be required is, personal responsibility through liability insurance should a mishap occur.

Specific to each class and category let me speak just to the venomous question. Along with insurance, hot keepers should have an antivenin provider phone list along with a hospital emergency procedural statement. You've got to make sure you can pay your hospital bill should a mishap occur. Make sure your health insurance/liability insurance covers such events. I'm pretty sure most health care providers would laugh in your face if asked to pay, given the circumstances of most bites.

Personally, I believe all buildings and structures housing deadly snakes should have a double door system on entrances and exits along with a security system, locks on cages, video surveillance monitors, and be designed to be completely escape proof. That is just my opinion. There's half a dozen twice as many as the other ways to split hairs over the details.

Go knock your socks off. Just be responsible about it.

jsc
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John Crickmer

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