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Best State To own Snakes

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Okay Gang,

How is things over in the U.S

I am potentially planning a move to the United States in the Future.

And i was wondering which state would be the best state to start your own breeding set ups....in regards to laws and ease of getting equipment , local giant breeders..e.g Ralph DAvis... Or Mike Wilbanks.

And also whats the best state to go out field herping

Cheers

This is just for general interest.

Rob
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WLLCR

cant answer all of your questions, however i live in TX and have never had any problems with laws... etc.. TX did recently make it where you had to have permits to 'sell' local species and to 'keep' some large constrictors. - the good part of it all, herping here is great from june - august, at least.
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chris
abilene, tx.

I would have to say Texas. They have very little laws concerning which snakes to keep. The only big law that I know of is one that was just put into effect. This law regulates the sale of the "BIG" snakes(burmese pythons, anacondas, african rock pythons, reticulated pythons, etc), stores are required to have a permit to sell them, and new owners are reuired to get an annual permit that costs $15 (they are very easy to get, so no worries). The only other big law is one that you can't collect herps off of Texas public highways, it is being fought and will proboly be romved from law in the next year or so.
All the big cities in Texas are great for herp keepers( Houston, Dallas, San Antonio, Austin) Dallas also has an annual North American Reptile Breeders Conferance & Trade Show (NARBC).