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I am not sure if I missed anything leading up to this ban that was recently passed. But I never saw an attempt to regulate large Constrictors, such as each state would have an option to mandate that Constrictor Owners would need a Permit to own one, or a Multiple Permit for more than one as they do for other animals.

Also if some states are concerned about the spontaneous buyers that let them go in the wild once they get too big, then why not make Micro Chipping mandatory on snakes when Pet Stores sell them. This way if Florida ever captures a micro chipped Burmese they will know who to go to, and let them pay the hefty fine for releasing a Burmese into the wilds. We had to have our dog micro chipped, and I was surprised it only cost $10.00 to have done.

Bottom line I would much rather buy a $20.00 permit, or a $10.00 micro chip and just figure that into the cost of the snake; rather than an all out across the board Ban.

I hear you, but the goal of those that passed this is not to manage the Burms, Rocks and Anacondas - it is to choke the supply and severely reduce demand for these snakes.

When you think about it, if they banned ownership altogether, then they would have had to produce paperwork to grandfather in those that have these snakes now, or provide a collection center. That would have cost money. But this way, a person can still keep them without being a criminal. In their mind, they did consider us.

What's frustrating is that Florida made them “Reptiles of Concern” just before this started. That meant that you had to have a special permit specifically just for burms (and 5-6 other species.) Microchipping was part of that process as well.
Only about 6 months after this took effect, one of the first versions of the Federal Ban was introduced. The measures taken by Florida were never given a chance to work.
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Aaron Houts
www.voodoomagicboas.com

I agree Florida took every precaution and added every needed permit to handle the problem that only exists in their State.

There must be a huge pile of Federal funding they are after and this is why they needed it to be a Federal problem !

Now their pet project in the Everglades will be set to receive possibly billions of dollars I'm guessing .

I have not looked in depth into this idea and possibility but I do believe if you
follow the money as any good investigator always does, you will find the answer !

. . . Lar M

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