I have been curious if it is legal to own a Venomous snake in VA i have been looking through laws and i can't seem to find anything about it being illegal. If that is true are there any Hot handler's near Radford/Blacksburg area of VA, because i would really like to get into this and would like to have someone with a good amount of experience to mentor me about so i don't go and get kill quick.
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VA venomous
thesnuffsays
Sep 26, 2006 07:40 AM
Replies (3)
guttersnacks
Sep 27, 2006 09:17 PM
Virginia STATE law says no Canebrakes or anything that federally protected of course. Your local gov't may have other reg's you'll want to look into though.
Dont get dead.
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Tom
"The more people I meet, the more I like my snakes"
thesnuffsays
Sep 28, 2006 12:45 PM
Are you a handler in VA by any chance or know of the best way to get in touch or find one cause i need a mentor of sorts to help me get started
Takumaku
Oct 12, 2006 09:47 PM
I'm from the Hampton Roads area (peninsula) and ours laws are just the state laws.
Basically:
According to 4 VAC 15-360-10:
--It shall be lawful to capture and possess live for private useand not for sale (excluding threatened and endangered speciesprovided for in 4 VAC 15-20-130)
--no more than five individuals of any single native or nat-uralized (as defined in 4 VAC 15-20-50) species of amphibian and reptile
That's the only laws on the Hampton/Newport News books. If you are looking for a mentor and you live in the area, both the Norfolk zoo and/or the VA Living Musuem herptologists wouldn't mind mentoring.
