Great question!



You are right, if we did not go to these forums on Kingsnake or elsewhere, there is a good chance we would not know about any pending legislation, or passage of such legislation. I think it would be tremendously beneficial to have links, and or banner space on Kingsnake (organization affiliations or not) that can be used to reach individuals that may only use the Classifieds section of this forum.



Websites and blogs – a simple posting and link on the front page of your website. Very similar to how Google and Craigslist are doing right now to bring awareness to SOPA.



Facebook - if you are not posting about this on Facebook, the people you know are may not be aware. Don’t forget that stupid ticker in the top right. You now have the ability to reach friends of friends!



Shows - Simply providing information at your booths can go a long way. I was shocked to find at a reptile show the utter lack of knowledge of any pending legislation. These are the single reptile homes, and we DO need their help!



Craigslist - I am not sure of what is allowed on there. A well-placed announcement with information on the pending legislation and organizations and their campaigns to fight it has the ability to reach at least a few people.



Newspaper - Take out an ad in the animal section?

Buying reptiles & supplies – does the person, shop, or business you spend your money at support the organizations that are fighting for us? I won’t spend money with anyone that I know is not doing everything they can.



Reptile stores could be including flyers in with their supply shipments to customers.



It is very important to relay to your audience that this is not only about large snakes. This is a precedent, and the US Government is not likely to stop anytime soon.



These are just a few things that come to mind. Yesterday was only the beginning. I fear for our long term rights to work with Non Native species. Where will it stop?


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