I had been resisting further comment, but what Doug is saying reminds me of an incident right here very close to home.

A friend of mine six houses down used to keep Vipers, My oldest daughter was friends with Bruce's kids and spent the night there more than once in the same room, I was fine with it.

These snakes were kept very well, the enclosures were works of art, husbandry top notch and there is currently no law in the books prohibiting the keeping of vipers, so all seemed well.

WRONG! Someone Else's kid did a sleepover, then told mommy or daddy about the vipers...

Next day CPS showed up, DEC and the local police. They cited that Bruce was endangering his own children, and his vipers pose a public threat, and IF one were to get loose it COULD bite an innocent person, SO they confiscated Bruce's snakes.

He never once took them out in open view either!

The point is, Irrational fears will always outweigh rational thought. What most of us see as beauty to admire, others will see quite the opposite.

That's all,
Wayne

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