Oh I can join you on the "I just think it sucks" fence. And as far as Texas joining, maybe on the exotics but as Rob has stated before...the rattle snake round ups pretty much save the laws for the native venomous. As ironic as it is...the activity despised by most of us is saving our hobby. I do have some strength in our government as they have been able to keep the gigantic animal rights groups (who do have the united forces and the drive to get off the forums and go dump blood on themselves in front of zoos) from shutting down any kind of captive environment an animal could be put in. We are lucky enough to have a stong enough interest in education in our nation to keep from shutting down such. If we could only get the interests to better fund things it would be wonderfull.



I feel for you with the crocadilians and the constrictors as my state already has a dangerous animal act prohibiting them. Where we are in some luck is the State law does not have a specific size for a dangerous snake (4ft for a crocadilian). However, many city laws do. But on the state side a judge could easily find your 6 ft snake dangerous while another situation and different judge might find a 14 ft snake acceptable. Where it is your responsibility is to not have a situation put you in question. If you have a 14 ft snake securely housed in a separate room and the proper resources to deal with it, and you can show people how this is not a threat, you might not have people reporting you for what they think is a threat to their safety. If you are walking down the street with an 8 ft burmese python on your shoulders...you may find yourself in court very quickly and I doubt many judges will agree an 8 ft snake around your neck is anything but dangerous. I could get into why I said 14 ft instead of 15 ft but I think I have said enough today.

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