Along with all this huge public problem with snakes, I forgot to add one more VERY significant thought for you. As you already are aware of, snake's don't go real well with most of the public, this we ALL know,....and there are already tons of stupid laws and ordinances, and rules regarding them as we speak, and always getting worse by the day. So if you want to continue enjoying your snakes, it is far better that you NOT raise a lot of "feathers" with people no matter how ridiculous it seems to us snake owners, because what this does, is give the ignorant general public(snake haters) even MORE fuel to pass even more snake restricting laws than there are NOW. It's hard to believe that things can get a whole lot worse than they are now, but as we speak, on the books ready for legislation are laws that will take effect banning MANY snakes from being owned/imported, etc...

This is a battle that will NOT be won by pissing more people off by seeing them out and about, this can ONLY be correctly fought through paperwork to legislators, etc.. NOT by exposing more snakes to people out in public, this is an EXTREMELY big, and "touchy" subject that has been going on for many years.

I know you don't want to get "walked on" by a bunch of animal ignorant idiots, and neither do I, nor do THOUSANDS of other responsible snake hobbyists, but this is something that can, and usually does tend to "back-fire" instead of going in a positive direction. Trust me on this, more bad things will be the outcome, not better things with public snake exposure.

I'm not sure how long you've been involved with snakes, but like I mentioned earlier, I've seen over four decades worth of crap involving snakes, and the common factor is, ......it gets only worse, not better.





best regards, ~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"

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