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amazondoc
at Mon Jan 25 20:22:26 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by amazondoc ]
I live close to Nashville. Not a huge city. Almost every day there are ads for pythons and/or boas looking for new homes in the Nashville craigslist. In big cities there must be more. I think there's already lots of the critters here. Do we really need to import more??
I'd like to know at least a couple of things before deciding whether to support or oppose this bill:
1. how much money does interstate trade in large pythons and boas really contribute to the economy? I mean dollars and cents here, not wild hand-waving.
2. if interstate trade in large pythons and boas was stopped, how much would that really affect the average herp owner? Sure, a few big breeders would be inconvenienced. But how hard would it really be for most people to obtain large snakes if they wanted them? Again, please, facts and figures -- not hand-waving.
If folks want to oppose this bill, IMHO the way to do it is with hard facts -- not hysteria. Find the facts and figures, and people might listen to you. Yell about the sky falling, and you will be ignored.
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0.1 Peruvian rainbow boa (Amaru)
0.3 Honduran milksnakes (Chicchan, Chanir, Hari)
2.6 corns (Cetto, Tolosa, TBA)
1,000,000.1,000,000 other critters
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RE: Fish & Wildlife to add pythons to Lacey - amazondoc, Mon Jan 25 20:22:26 2010