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I live in Surrey, BC, Canada and i just found out that the city council is planning to ban all sales of exotic animal. Exotic animals includes reptiles. No reptile sales at all. I breed bearded dragons and now i can't sell them. They say they are too dangerous and can't be properly cared for!!!! What the hell kind of bs is that. I am so angry right now. i just wanted to see what you ppl thought of this bs. Let me know.

no surprise here, it's happening all over. there's always going to be someone who thinks they know better than anyone else whats best for all of us. Big brother is watching. people in the industry hurt the industry the most when they sell and breed irresponsably. we have no ORGANIZATION so be prepared to be stepped all over.

G-d bless us all,
and please hurry
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Bennett

www.beardiedragon.com

and take a shoulder sitting beardie with you, one that is several years old. Listen to all their BS..then as a citizen, tell them the truth. It's your right.
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TheClassyLizard

There's gott abe something else to it. I mean think about it Bearded Dragon...Pitbull...Iguana...Mastiff. Instead fo banning all lizards, maybe they should ban the ones that are known to be really big and really aggressive, but only in ceratin areas. The only reason for that because some ppl dont know how to care for them, and if they live in busy cities, some1 is gonna get hurt. Either way, it's pretty much a lose lose situation.
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~Julie~

Most of the time they say that reptiles pass on Salmonella. Find out what their beef is and go in prepared. You should be able to obtain a copy of the meeting minutes.
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TheClassyLizard

sure they carry salmonilla(sp),but so do hamsters, gerbils,hedgehogs and even dirt! Everyone here has probably heard of dog maulings,but honestly whos heard of being mauled by a bearded dragon!

I seem to recall a woman who posted awhile back here about learning she had some salmonella and was worried she got it from one of her reptiles. It turned out she contracted it from her cat. This just shows that you can get salmonella from anything if you don't practice proper hygiene, both with yourself and your environment. I wash my hands every time I handle my bearded dragon and my mice just to make sure I am not getting anything harmful on my hands.

Education is what we have to resort to inorder to prevent unlawful and inapropriate bans on animals. Alot of banning has occured due to the Monkey Pox disease carried by rats that were transferred to prairie dogs then to humans. Now alot of people assume all exotics carry this disease (which really isn't all that deadly, not like other ailments humans can get).

Most nasty things that happen is due to the irresponsibility of the owner and the uneducated. It's just people who go out and buy something yet have no clue about what they are buying and how to proper care for it. I don't just mean people buying reptiles or other exotic pets but your common pets as well, like dogs. There are so many people who have dogs but have little if no control over it, give it up or worse because the cute little puppy is suddenly 200 pounds 6 months later. All this because they were impulse buyers. They bought something they thought was cute without realizing a Siberian Husky is not a lapdog for a tiny little one bedroom apartment.

There are no dangerous pets, just stupid and uneducated pet owners. SUre some animals are a bit prone to bite but most times they bite for two simple reasons: they think you are food or are defending themselves.