You do a real good job on stating the Down side on this and you do have a point....Access to anti-venom is just plain sense. But calling it immoral to not have any at home is way off the deep end. I do not keep anti-venom at home. The shelf life is too short and the cost (av $3,500 per vial) is way beyond my means. Fortunately, I live in South Florida where we have Venom One...Which I have contacts with.

My home has undergone repeated inspection (and passed)by Game and Fish...and I have made a personal choice about not keeping Mambas, Boomslangs, cobras...and other large fast moving venomous. My home collection is restricted to small viperine and Oglyphs...the only exception being a shieldnose cobra.

I agree that the idiots who get macho about their bites and the animals they keep are Dumb. But the answer is more about Education and Personal responsibility than making blanket statements...The press will do that without our help.

Frank

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