QUOTE FROM OP:
"In my opinion there is so much out there that is way more harmful to me than my snakes. Take this in consideration I’m guessing that half the US population owns a pet dog. Do me a favor Google snake attacks resulting in death you will find the same few stories over and over. Yes tragic but it has happened and it unfortunate there are irresponsible owners out there. Now Google dog attacks resulting in death and the list is endless you can read all day about dogs that have killed children. I read one story about a 3 month old lab puppy that killed a baby. A PUPPY! However we are not hearing people trying to ban us from owning dogs.

The herp industry is being frowned upon by uneducated people who don’t understand or care to understand these amazing animals. We need to ban together and fight this off. Stay out of the headlines, be responsible for what you own. Respect these animals and understand what they can be capable of."

My response:
So your solution is to say, "ok, snakes and dogs have the exact same potential for harm. Even though it makes no sense whatsoever, take it, make them illegal. Just as long as I can keep my pretty ball python morphs."

I'm sorry. But that is beyond reproach. It is incredibly nearsighted, and naive of you to believe that that train of thought will lead to a constructive future of the reptile hobby. All it will do is amputate, disfigure, and cripple our hobby, making it easier and more prone to attack than ever.

To truly ban together means all ball python owners, all large python owners, all boa owners, all tortoise, gecko, iguana owners, all HERP owners to ban together and fight for EVERYONE'S rights to own the animals that THEY LOVE.

British Columbia is banning dart frogs. DART FROGS!!?!?!?! Any dart frog enthusiast knows that dart frogs, even the most poisonous of them, have zero ZERO toxicity in captivity. But they are going to ban them anyways. Don't sit and think for one second that if you let burms and retics become illegal that your snakes will be safe. If something as idiotic as dart frogs being prohibited can occur, then your snakes are in danger too. The only solution is to fight any regulations every single step of the way.

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