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And here I was thinking nothing exciting ever happens in my town...
a 10 foot Ananconda is on the loose. Sadly they think it died...(it's been cold lately. I live in Connecticut), but I have a hunch it's still alive.
It's probably in a wall or something in the apartment it escaped from.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

hopefully its found hiding in a nice warm house

I live in Connecticut also and, unfortunately, all it takes is one idiot like this and they'll be coming for our snakes next.

I agree also that the thing may not be dead. It hasnt been that cold here at night, and the thing probably made a bee-line for a warm garage or sewer. Also, the water in a pond may be warmer than the air for an Anaconda.

I am west of New Haven, think it can crawl/swim this far?

Doubtful.

And they won't take my snakes. Ever.
I will fight tooth and nail for that...you'd better believe.
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

Another reason for the people that look at our hobby/business to say, why do we allow these people to have such animals as pets? I am far more concerned that the animal could hurt a child or a family's pet dog/cat and then the fuel is on the same fire that is making many people demand laws AGAINST our hobby/business. We need to get a grip on this REALITY that people are becoming more and more less tolerant to snakes in people’s homes/apartments. We spend a lot of time fighting with each other over our DRAMA'S. PLEASE BE RESPONSIBLE with your animals. This is the opposition’s biggest fear and their most legitimate complaint, "THE SNAKES GET OUT OF THEIR CAGES". Like it or not but we are the minority in this situation. Big snakes “any snake” if not kept in their cages cause us BIG trouble as a community.

Also we need to organize “if possible?” and decide on specific ways to defend our hobby/business when people and politicians try to take away our rights as “law abiding / tax paying / citizens” that love reptiles. There is NO WAY we can convince most people to ever like reptiles like we do but if we can convince people we are responsible people and that they can trust us to keep our animals caged and out of the publics face then perhaps we might not be in the position of always defending ourselves to the public.

Please excuse my rant.

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Kyle
www.royalvariations.com

"be safe, be happy and dont let anyone make you afraid" David Coverdale

Kyle, the real kicker (as I know you know) is that some of the biggest growing snakes are the cheapest and easiest to come by in the pet stores?

I like to drop in on alot of pet stores, wherever I am, and check things out.

Its all to frequent that I find, like I am sure we all have seen, some young kid with his eyes popping out of his head at the thought of owning a snake that will grow to 20 feet and can pounce-on and kill large prey.

Even worse are the pet store owners that will sell just about anyone a Burm or Retic. I have heard the shop owners tell people (young kid or terrified mother with glass-eyed teen son) that the snake will not grow any bigger than the cage its in...shameless and irresponsible.

I have told people straight up, in front of the store person that I breed snakes and this is NOT true, its really too bad..everyone loses.