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MsTT
at Thu Nov 13 04:31:19 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by MsTT ]
I don't make the laws, but in order to keep operating legally I have to ask that all our volunteers abide by them.
Basically you need a venomous permit to take possession of a venomous snake here in FL. If the volunteer never takes possession, but just picks it up on a hook and walks it back fifty feet into the bushes, that is legal to do without a license according to the officers who advised me on the subject. What an unlicensed volunteer cannot do is to take the snake away from the scene, eg, take possession of it. They may temporarily contain it until the licensed volunteer does arrive however.
One of the reasons this is actually a pretty good law is all the seriously dum@$$ inbred people in this state who would otherwise be hunting rattlesnakes to sell for beer money. That used to be a fairly popular pastime when Ross Allen's institute was legally buying Easterns and other venomous snakes from any yahoo that could catch them with a wire noose. That was definitely not a good thing, so I'll happily agree with the licensing requirement for taking possession of a venomous snake.
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RE: Can you suggest some organizations that deserve to get donations? - MsTT, Thu Nov 13 04:31:19 2003