Exotic Pets and Legislation

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Looking for some help on this one! you will all be credited in my formal report for this as well so no worries on the whole original material mumbo jumbo! Alright ill get to the point.

For my Contemporary Social Issues class ive elected to do a report/display/presentation on... you guessed it! the Exotic Pet trade and Legislation (Canadian and International). I've chosen this subject due to an obvious passion for the trade and keeping exotic pets responsibly.

Now i've got three weeks to come up with a formal report and need the herping community's help! What problems do we as exotic animal keepers face pertaining to current or recent or past legislation, by-laws, proposals etc.? How does this effect us as keepers, breeders etc and why could it be considered a social issue? (i.e. how would it affect freedoms, rights, economics etc.)

I have formed my own opinions and am doing extensive research into this as well as in a group (although they have little to no experience with the subject, kind of lucky for me ;D) but would like to know what YOU all think and why! ANY INFO IS WELCOMED WITH THANKS! ORIGINAL OR REFERENCES! Also any ideas for a display is welcomed, i am planning on displaying some of my collection to educate the college and show that although these animals are exotic, they are not monsters as the film Anacondas made them out to be.

Again my goal is to educate the college and any help is welcomed and appreciated, THANKS IN ADVANCE EVERYONE!