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in 2003 an idiot got busted having a tiger (and a 4 foot caiman) in his harlem apt. a complete ban on exotics in nyc and its 4 burroughs followed immediately. thats a huge area and a massive population. all exotics. you can not own a ferret or a ball python. you may own fish, cats, dogs.

do not underestimate the ignorance or knee jerk style reactions of those who write the laws. imagine your child wants a a bearded dragon but it'd be illegal in your home? nyc lives this. and if we could not win the fight and were loudmouths...?

florida has an invasive species problem. we own animals that can establish themselves in their ecosystem just as burms have. a law outlawing some animals will no doubt be passed in fla. its just a matter of how over-encompassing that law will be. i doubt it will go national - this is a florida problem. if you live in fla, you need to offer smart suggestions to the burm and future invasive species problems. screaming about loss of livelihood will not do it - the overall population does not care for what we do, and they pay 99.9% of the taxes and they want assurances that no other species of large snake, monitor, etc will get a foothold in their state - just as nyc wanted no exotics in the apt or bldg next door.

join PIJAC. and when responding to the feds acknowledge that a reptile invasive species problem exists. - and lets help steer them smartly.

good point, the vast majority of this country's tax payers(99.9% or what ever it actually is) do not give one fiscal rats ass if the ball python market comes crashing down. We have the RIGHT to bear arms not bear pythons, that is a privilege that can be taken away in a legal minute and that privilege must be continually justified and defended.
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1.0 pastel ball python
0.1 mojave ball python
0.1 normal ball python
0.2 3-toed box turtles
2.3 eastern box turtles
0.0.5 3-striped mud turtle
1.0 northern diamondback terrapin
2.1 tiger salamander
1.1 red-sided garter
1.0 anerythristic red-sided garter
1.1 Iowa snow plains garter
1.1 Het butter stripe cornsnake
0.1 anerythristic motley cornsnake

we can only wish that 99.9% of americans payed taxes,,,,,if they did mine wouldnt be what they are.....i would love to see someone write in and talk about all the money this ban will cost us as a country and then see the government say oh really .....well lets look into this,,,,,,who has their paperwork ready to show,,,,,,who's employees work on the books and pay into unemployment and social security......oh maybe you maintain these 100's of animals on your own,,,,,,,DOUBT IT.....no differant then day laborers taking our money and sending it back to god knows where UNTAXED,,,,,,every dollar earned through labor and through sales is taxed in this country,,,,,,,either pay your dues or DO NOT CRY ABOUT RIGHTS you dont deserve......this is not intended to the above post other then the 99.9% of people paying taxes mentioned..........SEEEEEEEEEYA

You misunderstood the 99.9% part. It stated "99.9% OF the tax payers", that means: of the people that do pay taxes in this country a very small percentage (what ever that exact number may be) of them give a rats ass about the money made in the ball python market. That was my point and the number 99.9 was actually taken from the post above mine. But I think we are in agreement either way.
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1.0 pastel ball python
0.1 mojave ball python
0.1 normal ball python
0.2 3-toed box turtles
2.3 eastern box turtles
0.0.5 3-striped mud turtle
1.0 northern diamondback terrapin
2.1 tiger salamander
1.1 red-sided garter
1.0 anerythristic red-sided garter
1.1 Iowa snow plains garter
1.1 Het butter stripe cornsnake
0.1 anerythristic motley cornsnake

NP