Your post is going to do more harm then good. You may think the large pythons should be illegal. Guess what? There are those that think your ball pythons should be illegal. If you try to make a line in the sand saying, "these are bad and these are good", EVERYTHING will wind up on the bad side eventually. You advocating the prohibition of burms, retics, afrocks, condas, is doing nothing but throwing them under the bus so you feel like your ball pythons will be safe. I would strongly recommend against further posting and uploading a youtube video.

Imagine, if you will, a time in the future when the large pythons are illegal. Pretty soon, leopard gecko owners will be saying, "our animals are cute, they have legs and stubby fat tails. The real problem is the boas and ball pythons. They're snakes and nobody likes snakes. Also, they have the chance to bite, not like my cute little leopard geckos. Let's ban balls and boas because they're the real problem". Does that sound like the right thing to do? Is it really helpful to the reptile community to openly encourage the banning of one species while making others ok (only for the time being, I might add)?

The fact is, once one species goes it's only going to be a matter of time before another one goes. And before you know it, reptile keepers will be a thing of that past.

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