Yeah, I stood outside the reptile show in Columbus for three hours, and finally had to give up and go home.



People outside were inconvenienced - in some cases, GREATLY inconvenienced. One fellow I talked to had come from Pittsburg...



And people inside were undoubtedly hit hard financially, with most customers giving up and going home after a long wait.



And who is really at fault?



Ohio regulations are not horribly complicated nor expensive. Those who failed to comply have no excuse in my opinion.



I have had numerous conversations with people at the shows in past months, and I got the same response from nearly all of them, with answers ranging from "Well, let some wildlife official find a motley sunglow cornsnake in an Ohio field, and then he can tell me it's native" to "Oh, I don't need a license, cause none of my herps are native to Ohio... I only have red-eared sliders, green snakes, and rat snakes..." and the real loser "I'm not gonna tell big brother what I have and ask permission to keep what I have."



For anyone else out there who might have a more mature outlook on life, the Ohio regulations can be found at the URL listed below. Compliance is easy, cheap, and reasonable when compared to states like Georgia, where native herps are just plain illegal in all forms.



Just make sure you check out the LIST of natives... some of them may surprise you!
Ohio Reptile and Amphibian Regulations

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