being sold in a Pet Store?


Are you serious?



So, we just continue to isolate the world from these remarkable creatures and what importance does the rain forest have? My first real snake ( beyond garter snakes and such) was a Boa, I love that snakes and it started "it all" for me. That snake never hurt me and I had it since I was twelve... it was AWESOME! You think that they should not be available to other people? You would be doing a serious injustice to snakes as pets by excluding the ownership of this species...

Ah, special permit...how then are people going to learn about keeping such constrictors when they need some special permit first just to own one. WHo would regulate this? Have you ever seen how overwhelmed the local Fish and Game officers are? They spread them so thin that they could not even wrap their brains around who should or should not get the permit. If the snake was set up right.... they don't generally even know one snake species from another!!!!

You want permits, who would be in control of all of this?

Man....Boas? Boas are not DANGEROUS!!!!!!!

Come on now!!!!

If you remove these species from our lives then you just help speed the destruction of our natural resources.... live in a world of make believe, plastic and video games and people don't care about the rain forest, the coral reef, the woooded lot down the street or the field that used to be the hunting ground for a pair of Kestrels!

We need and want people to interact with ANIMALS!!!!! Stop trying to prevent this kind of thing just because you seem to think everything is DANGEROUS!!


Santananatataa


>>Come on, he does have a point. I feel that responsible and properly educated keepers of large constrictors are not the problem, but irresponsible breeders and sales practices are.
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>>Large constrictors like retics, burms and even red tails have no business being sold to the general public. No matter what you say, these are dangerous animals that require very specialized experience and lots of resources to keep. I have seen albino burms and common red tails for sale in Petco. That is downright ridiculous.
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