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Burmaboy
at Sun Feb 27 07:08:25 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Burmaboy ]
First off, those areas requiring a paid license have to call the permit something else. Call it what it really is...a tax.
The reality of banning certain reptiles is a joke. I say this speaking from the experience of working with different lobbying groups over the years, with our biggest opponents being animal rights groups.
Exactly how dangerous is the reptile problem on the streets? How much harm have the caused? How many people have been killed, or injured by them?
Statistically, more people have been killed, and injured by dogs than any other animal. With the pedigreed breed that is most often listed in dog bite reports being the Cocker Spaniel.
Do we ban dogs? Do we ban Cocker Spaniels? No?
Why is a dog license so inexpensive? It cost far more to care for a dog than my RTB or burms.
The political reality being what it is, that nobody cares about people that keep snakes. Most people are afraid of them. Most people still equate them with the devil. So we as herp owners have no political clout.
Banning reptiles will have the same effect on our society as gun control.
It does nothing. But it gets a politicians name out there for all to see. The NY herp ban is laughable, when I stop and think of all the other dangerous things there are in NY to harm a community. Gangs, Pit Bulls...etc...and they ban large boids.
Ya know..NYC has some of the toughest gun laws in the US, second I believe behind Washington DC. Yet there are gun murders there weekly.
And they ban large snakes. It has nothing to do with reptiles my friends...it is merely politics.
We have no political clout. And that is what it boils down to.
And the politicians saved the world, because they banned snakes.
And as far as people going to shows and buying crocodilians, etc...you said there were lots of stupid people buying them...
It is stupid that should be out outlawed. Because stupidity is what is going to bring the bans.
I dont know if I worded this post correctly, but I think we all understand what I'm trying to say. I hope.
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RE: Just want to get a few opinions..... - Burmaboy, Sun Feb 27 07:08:25 2005