Have you at all been paying attention to what has been happening on the legislative front over the last several years? First we had HR669 that would have included virtually all reptiles and amphibians. Right now, we are dealing with S373/HR2811 that would prohibit import and interstate movement for ANY reason of 9 species of boas and pythons. In previous years, the exact same legislation was passed for big cats (lions, tigers, etc) and then for ALL non human monkeys and primates. See the trend yet?

IMO, you need to quit hiding your head in the sand and thinking that your colubrids or whatever elese you may be keeping will be safe and unaffected. WRONG!!! Again, just look back on HR669. It may be stalled for now, but the folks at HSUS are still just as interested as ever in pushing it. Do I need to post the exert from Wayne Pacelle's blog on the HSUS web site?
IMO, S373 should be everyone's fight regardless of what we keep. United we stand, divided we fall.

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• Why I'm against big snakes - vichris, Thu Dec 24 16:02:15 2009
• RE: Why I'm against big snakes - jl8243, Thu Dec 24 23:30:30 2009
• RE: Why I'm against big snakes - Bluerosy, Fri Dec 25 07:58:12 2009
• RE: Why I'm against big snakes - jl8243, Fri Dec 25 20:51:20 2009
• RE: Why I'm against big snakes - Tony D, Sat Dec 26 09:57:00 2009
• You Are Right, Well Said! - Ameron, Fri Dec 25 18:59:56 2009
• RE: You Are Right, Well Said! - Bluerosy, Fri Dec 25 19:46:08 2009
• RE: You Are Right, Well Said! - jl8243, Fri Dec 25 20:55:02 2009
• I think it needs some adjusting - DMong, Fri Dec 25 19:58:54 2009
• Doug, you better stop feeding that.... - donv, Tue Dec 29 14:00:42 2009
• Are you Serious?? - EricWI, Sun Dec 27 09:17:48 2009
• Yes I'm serious............ - vichris, Sun Dec 27 10:45:44 2009
• Yes I'm serious............ - vichris, Sun Dec 27 10:51:13 2009
• A few points - EricWI, Sun Dec 27 11:14:28 2009
• ONE.......... - vichris, Sun Dec 27 11:28:22 2009
• RE: ONE.......... - vichris, Sun Dec 27 11:32:01 2009
• RE: ONE.......... - EricWI, Sun Dec 27 20:54:32 2009
• RE: Yes I'm serious............ - EricWI, Sun Dec 27 11:23:17 2009
• What a stupid analogy.................. - vichris, Sun Dec 27 11:40:11 2009
• RE: What a stupid analogy.................. - varanid, Sun Dec 27 21:12:32 2009
• Furthermore... - EricWI, Sun Dec 27 09:35:24 2009
• good post! - DMong, Sun Dec 27 10:05:16 2009
• Why your points are wrong...... - garweft, Tue Dec 29 11:35:31 2009