are more likely to be of the caliber of the guy who kept the 8' Burm in a cage with cloth tied around the top for a lid - the guy who let it escape to ALLEGEDLY kill the 2 year old. Most of the educated people who are active on forums will probably eventually get tired of hiding their hobby, and will move on to something legal, or become authorized commercial breeders - or move. But it is the former who are the problem, not the latter. And the former were already breaking the law, so I doubt that this ban will stymie them.



If we had been given an ROC law that cost $25 per year, we would have had a good chance to EVENTUALLY get even those uncaring and uneducated types either covered, or out of keeping the big snakes, due to peer pressure that could have been applied, and also because of the ease of compliance. Once permitted, they could have been forced to supply secure caging.



With the $100 per year ROC permit, we had a SLIGHT chance of regulating people such as this. Now with the ban, they will just go underground, and will only be caught by chance.



Typical of the unintended consequences of so many laws.

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