I just got home and got this as an e-mail from the Central Florida Herp society. I figured I'd pass it along and let everyone else know. I'll be making some calls on this one. I think everyone else in Fl. should do the same.







-----Original Message-----

From: Jennifer Hobgood [mailto:jhobgood@humanesociety.org]

Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 5:15 PM

To: Jennifer Hobgood

Subject: Urgent: Help Wildlife in Florida with a Quick Phone Call!

Importance: High



Urgent Action Needed to Help Stop the Trade in Large Constrictor Snakes



This year a 2-year-old Florida girl was killed by a Burmese python who

escaped from an enclosure in her home, the latest tragic incident

involving large constrictor snakes kept as pets. When these snakes get

too big and dangerous to handle, people sometimes turn them loose where

they can wreak havoc on our ecosystems. Add this to the suffering of

these snakes in the pet trade, and it's clear action is urgently needed.





On Tuesday, February 16, Florida 's Senate Environmental Preservation and

Conservation Committee will consider Senate bill 318 to prohibit certain

large constrictor snakes as pets in the state. Please make a quick

phone call to the committee chair Senator Constantine at (407)

331-9675. Thank him for placing the bill on the agenda and politely ask

that he protect Florida 's environment, animals, and public safety by

supporting SB 318 to prohibit the importation, breeding, sale, and

possession of Burmese pythons and other dangerous large constrictor

snakes as pets. If you have an extra moment, also send an email message

to him at Constantine.Lee.web@flsenate.gov urging his support for this

important measure.





Thank you for your compassion and action on behalf of animals.



Regards,

Jen Hobgood

Florida State Director

The Humane Society of the United States



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