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I posted a message asking about Herp Societies in New Jersey. I was wondering, if there weren't any, how do they get started? Not saying i'm trying to start one. But if I were to want to, and had about 20-30 people interested, how does one go about getting started?
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Well I am not sure how you would go about starting one in NJ. I know the laws in NJ regarding reptiles are pretty strict and that is why you can't really find a herp club there. That is why the Metropolitan Herpetological Society (Staten Island, N.Y.) is open to anybody interested from NJ. The process of starting up a herp club actually depends on your residing state. But the best way to do it is to incorporate your club.
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I've been kind of peeved that there aren't any herp societies or clubs in NJ anymore as well. I'm a member of an online turtle care forum but it would be nice to have a group more local to me to talk about local items, etc. There is also only so much members can do to help each other out when they are so spread apart. In that regards a NJ herp discussion group through one of the free forum services would work so long as someone is willing to administrate and some moderators can be dug up. That would provide everyone at least one level of insulation should the state decide to try and pick on the group since there would be no address, name, etc associated with the memberships and no dues collected.