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Her is a sample letter from the pro bans

cychluraguy May 07, 2010 12:29 PM

The lies and distortions in this letter will make you sick!!!!!
Rob

SUPPORT SB 373 & HR 2811-BAN MONSTROUS SIZED SNAKES TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT & SAFETY
Your Honor:

Please support and co-sponsor SB 373 & HR 2811-BAN MONSTROUS SIZED SNAKES TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENT & HUMAN SAFETY ACT.

MONSTROUS SNAKES STIMULATES UNNATURAL PSYCHOPATHIC SEXUAL URGES: Individuals who own monstrous sized reptiles often have "crush kitten/crush puppy" sexual fetishes which they will trap live stray cats (epidemic across America) and use them as snake food - if they can throw goats and bunnies to their snakes, there is nothing stopping them from using this "free food". They watch the poor cats scream in terror then the snake constricts the companion pet, and squeezes it to death. These snake owners masturbate while watching this.

MONSTROUS SNAKES DESTROY OUR ENVIRONMENT AND COSTS BILLIONS TO CONTROL:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/unleashed/2010/01/federal-officials-move-to-ban-imports-of-nine-species-of-constrictor-snake.html

"In 2009, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Inspectors at Kennedy handled more than 27,000 wildlife shipments valued at more than $1 billion, or 16% of all U.S. wildlife imports. Last year, 54,000 live reptiles entered through the New York airport. The proposed ban covers nine species of giant constrictor snakes including the Burmese, North African and South African pythons, the boa constrictor, and the anaconda - green, yellow and Bolivian, as listed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. About 1 million such snakes have been imported in the last 30 years and more have been bred domestically."

An example of what monstrous sized snakes do: A pet Burmese python broke out of a glass cage late 2009 and killed a 2-year-old girl in her Florida bedroom. The girl's skull was CRUSHED so the snake could swallow her. The tragedy became the latest and most graphic example of a problem that has plagued the state for more than a decade: a nonnative species that is wreaking havoc in the Everglades, threatening people, the environment and native wildlife.

"It's just a matter of time before one of these snakes gets to a visitor in the Florida Everglades," said Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla.

These snakes often reach weights over 200 - 300 pounds, and capable of eating cats, dogs, even goats. CRAIGSLIST provides unlimited supplies of snake food via "free to good home" cats and dogs, which many snake handlers will adopt to feed to their snake as the cost of goats and pigs are quite expensive (if they are capable of feeding a cold blooded reptile a goat or pig, they can easily feed their snake free to good home cats and dogs). Since dogs and cats cannot talk, this is rarely if ever reported as most "free to good home" cats and dogs are not checked on once "adopted". They simply become SNAKE FOOD.

Many People breed these snake UNDER THE TABLE to avoid cost of license, and sell them on Craigslist or simply ON THE INTERNET and blogs; when they reach huge sizes people can't cope with them and many are simply released into the wild where they make meals out of dogs, cats, endangered wildlife, and children.

Banning all monstrous sized snakes is the only solution to this terrible problem.

[Your name]

Replies (6)

jscrick May 07, 2010 01:01 PM

How funny! Scary actually, if these are real.

I won't be feeding my snakes any "free food". Don't need the parasites, thank you.

"A pet Burmese python broke out of a glass cage late 2009 and killed a 2-year-old girl in her Florida bedroom. The girl's skull was CRUSHED so the snake could swallow her."

I think the door was pretty much open in that case. If the girl did have a crushed scull, it was from the "Boyfiend", not the snake. For some reason, I thought it was a Retic?

Our opponents can send all this ignorant drivel out that they want. If this doesn't make our case for us, I don't know what will.

jsc

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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer

lep1pic1 May 07, 2010 04:28 PM

When I kept some large caimens in a pond in my back yard.It was a well known fact in the neighborhood I fed them nothing but cats,all the people on the block said so.Many had come over to watch me feed cats.This is what I was told when animal control came over to inspect.Lucky me the officer was a long time friend.She told me what this group of so called neighbors had said.She thought it quite funny.It was not funny and was a constant hassel as I was always being turned in for feeding cats top my caimens.I would never feed a caimen a cat.THIS IS MENTALITY WE FACE EVERY DAY.
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Archie Bottoms

PHFaust May 07, 2010 07:57 PM

>>I think the door was pretty much open in that case. If the girl did have a crushed scull, it was from the "Boyfiend", not the snake. For some reason, I thought it was a Retic?
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It was originally reported to be a retic, but it was a very emaciated burmese. The skull was not crushed and there are still questions about if the snake actually did it. The animal was also never actually secured in a cage.

I wonder which group this was?
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Cindy Steinle
PHFaust
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cychluraguy May 07, 2010 08:30 PM

here is the site

http://www.change.org/petitions/view/support_sb_373_hr_2811-ban_monstrous_sized_snakes_to_protect_environment_safety

Rob

jscrick May 07, 2010 10:54 PM

Well, I did go and read a few of the most recent comments. Then I posted another one of my own regarding those few comments. Didn't know we could. Guess we can. Seems to be a running tabloid discussion of ignorance and prejudice.

I must have been mistaken. I thought it was to be a thoughtful rational discussion of provable facts regarding the proposed rule change.

When in fact, it seems to be more of an "American Idol" style popular opinion poll. "Phone in" as many times as you like to cast your vote.

If this is the case, things don't look good. All I saw were very lame unsigned pro ban pronouncements repeating the same old disproved notions perpetrated on the American public by HSUS from the get go.

If they want to take a vote on who likes keeping snakes, that's not even a contest, especially with all the prejudicial publicity and myth the pro ban people have been peddling.

jsc
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"As hard as I've tried, just can't NOT do this"
John Crickmer

norajohn May 08, 2010 01:44 PM

I would recommend everyone mention this in their comments. The fact seems to be that I would say 85% of the pro ban comments are from people that just object to animals being kept as pets. Whereas the comments from our side are people that will actually be affected by the legislation. I don't want people that have a philosophical objection to snakes as pets to have any say in the matter at all. The government needs to give much more credence to people that actually have a stake in this and I am going to say so in my comments!

John Manser

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