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Originally Posted by Terranaut
Don't beat yourself up. Not your fault at all but you need to let people know this happened so others do not suffer your fate. You need to hold them responsible for it in some way.
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I agree 100%. There is no way you could have known this would happen, and have acted with more compassion and responsibility than most keepers. But they do need to pay for their crime....
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Originally Posted by dinosaurdammit
And no. They actually told me to never come back. Good for them I guess because I never will. Their rep is getting ruined as we speak. The person who used to work there has sent out mass emails to people who are on the mailing list for a local reptile society as well.
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Dinosaur, while they do need to pay, be very careful *how* you spread the word. If you're not, there is a possibility they could reverse this on you and charge you with slander or some such lame move. While what they did was wrong, I'm not sure if you hard enough *legal-quality* evidence to prove 100% it was *their* fault. I'm not trying to dissuade you from getting justice, and this is only a minor possibility....just making sure you are careful. You've been through enough bad stuff already.
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Originally Posted by dinosaurdammit
I am in the process of writing to the aspca and humane society here.
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While I salute you spreading the word, I would urge you to be especially careful with these two. If you do contact them, go local only. The national organizations, sadly, are no longer the reptile world's friends. I know people with contacts there who tell me incidents like this are recycled into anti-pet-herp propaganda, so it might come back to haunt everyone later.
Jarich's suggestion is excellent.
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