Very true, about the job creation that is. The point of my attempt at a humorous rant above is that many of these all out bans seem to be motivated by three things, justifyng their jobs, emotion and money.



There are so many problems in this country today. The politicians are being blamed and people want them to do something about these problems. In exotics politicians seem to have found a "problem" that is very easy to exploit. It's very easy to point to a few realatively rare mishaps involving exotics, sensationalize them and them come up with a "solution". It makes the politicians look good, like they are doing something.



The general populace has very little factual knowledge about exotics so their default response is generally based on emotion. People get in an emotional state and they are very easy to manipulate.



Then there is money. HSUS, PETA, etc. have alot of it. Politicians want it. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see where this is going. Since most people don't own exotics and since they are basicly caught up in emotions, there is very little resistance to virtually any "solution" a politician proposes. It's easy money for the politicians.



What people don't realize is that the money the animal rights activists give to these politicians is really just "start up" money. Once the regs are in place the animals rights activists are done. They are not going to help pay for regulation and enforcement. That's going to come out of the taxpayers pockets and these things have a way of snowballing. Actually it's no secret why. The government is going to find endless reasons to expand these exotic control programs and down the line it will become a huge taxpayer expense. Inspections, monitoring, investigations, enforcement, trials, rehabilitation facilities for animals, on and on is all going to come out of the taxpayers pockets. When one is really aware of how statistically rare exotic mishaps are, one becomes aware of how rediculous how much money it is going to cost for something that does nothing to solve the real problems that people actually are affected by.
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