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I happened to find the linked PDF brochure (below) supporting HR669 on the website for the National Environmental Coalition on Invasive Species.

If anyone still has ANY doubts that snakes such as Ball Pythons will be targeted by HR669, just take a look at the picture on page 2-3! An unintentional or intentional mistake? Either way this is dangerous!!!

Any good soldier will tell you that you have to know your enemy if you're going to fight successfully!

Read the brochure here.

I posted this excerpt from a paper that Robert Reed did a few years back . Reed is one of the governments main go to guys when it comes to this stuff.

" Results of the risk-assessment models indicate that species including boa constrictors (Boa constrictor), ball pythons (Python regius) and reticulated pythons (P. reticulatus) may pose particularly high risks as potentially invasive species."

Everyone's talking about Burmese pythons and Nelson but burms are just to get peoples attention and Nelson is a slick politician who knows an opportunity when he sees one.

The people that want to shut the reptile world down know the best way to do it is to hit us where it hurts the most. They will go for the throat on key species. They have gone after ball pythons in the fairly recent past and they will in the future if necessary. It's business disguised as science, Publc safety,environmental protection .The Humane Society and Peta aren't groups their huge corporations. They got that way by being smart. I think they have a few more tricks up their sleeve. What's happening now might only be the ground work for the next wave.

Ernie Eison
WESTWOOD ACRES REPTILE FARM INC.

" Results of the risk-assessment models indicate that species including boa constrictors (Boa constrictor), ball pythons (Python regius) and reticulated pythons (P. reticulatus) may pose particularly high risks as potentially invasive species."

While this comment only involves three species it is in fact a very broad ranging blanket statement.

You have three animals that really cover your bases. Small, medium and large , three major geographical regions , Old and new world , Africa , Asia and central thru South America. A wide range of habitats within those regions. You have both boas and pythons. Egg layers and live bearers and two species that are key animals in trade along with one scary commonly sold " man killer " .

If anyone thinks the guys that put this crap out are just silly misguided scientist who don't understand. Rodda , Reed , Snow etc didn't just fall off the apple cart . They been doing this stuff 40 years . They know how exactly the game is played.

Ernie Eison
WESTWOOD ACRES REPTILE FARM INC.