Maine,USA is going to be the start of the fall of reptiles i urge you to go to youtube and look up a video about these new laws they are planning on inacting for that person have read into it more then I. basically in a nut shell they are going to ban everything that is considered invasive elsewhere and make it impossible for an avrage joe to get a permit to keep otherwise banned pets and they are closeing the exsibitors loophole 40 shows a year or 500 people must be seem with the critters in question or they revoke it and if these types of laws take a foot hold its only a matter of time befor it spreds and mabye not to you but mabye to a place you might have enjoyed liveing at some point this is about way more then a couple snakes and lizzards its about the government seeping into our private lives and controling them as it stabds maine already have the stricktest laws regarding pets in the nation also if you do somehow get a permit witch involes haveing 150000000$ in insurance you are also not allowed to let people interact with the pet or the supplies for any maine residents the wildlife commissioners assistant is takeing emailes please befor emailing read a little more into it so you may have a more prepared statement the Email is.
christl.f.theriault@maine.gov thank you for any help you give