The reason I believe in more than one strike for "non bite" escapes is that this would encurage reporting the escape before it becomes a "bite" escape with possibly tragic results. To make it one strike all the way around would DISCURAGE the reporting of escape incidents. When an escape does happen I believe reporting it and getting professional police and herpers involved is absolutely essential.



However I can see a strict one strike system for people who want to keep the deadliest snakes on the planet and have therefor revised my proposed permit system along those lines.



Novice - fee -------------> $50.00 year

This permit would apply to all rear fanged snakes capable of producing significant human envenomations with the exception of Boomslangs, Twig Snakes and Asiatic Keelbacks. It would also apply to Helodern lizards and front fanged snakes with a 5% statistical death rate or less with the exception of Austrialian elapids spacifically covered by the Extra Advanced Permit with low appearant statistical death rates but highly toxic venoms and efficient means of delivering them.



General - fee ------------> $100.00 year

This permit would apply Asiatic Keelbacks and to front fanged snakes with a 20% statistical death rate or less other than those covered by the Extra Advanced permit classification. It would require at least one year of experience with Novice level reptiles with no escapes or bites attributed to the applicant's reptils before an application at this level could be made.



Advanced - fee -----------> $200.00 year

This permit would apply to most snakes with a statistical death rate of 20% or more with the exception of those covered in the

Extra Advanced permit classification and to Boomslangs and Twig Snakes. It would require at least one year of experience with General level reptiles with no escapes or bites attributed to the applicant's reptiles before an application at this level can be made.



Extra Advanced - fee -----> $500.00 year

This permit applies only to these highly dangerous species of Elapids.



All Austrailian/New Guinian Taipans and Fierce Snakes.

All Australian Tiger Snakes.

All Australian Brown Snakes.

All Mambas

All Spitting Cobras

All King Cobras.



It would require 3 years experience with snakes at the advanced level with no bites or escapes to apply for it and would be the ONLY permit issued on a ONE strike your out basis for ALL escapes and bites attributed to these snakes that would apply to ALL venomous reptiles owned by the permit holder. (ANYONE with asperations to keep the most deadly snakes on the planet should be ready to submit to the strict one strike standard as a consequence of doing so.)



Both the fee system and the strikes consequences system here are based on the relative danger a given collection of reptiles represents to the owner and the general public. Once again all fees would go TOTALLY into supporting and stocking an exotic antivenom bank in every state that adopts this system and NOT to the state's general fee/tax fund. Once again it all fees and consequences would apply equally to both private and government venomous reptile collection keepers and would apply equally to fully "hot" reptiles and surgically altered "venomoids" to discurrage trying to get out of the consequences involved with escapes through collecting the latter.

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