With all due respect, Frank, that's YOUR opinion. I'm honestly getting a bit frustrated, but I don't really have the energy nor the desire to argue with you anymore. I take the best precautions that I can to make my (realistically very dangerous) hobby as safe as possible. There is no way to remove all the risk of keeping venomous snakes, but private keepers accept this and make the CHOICE to keep the animals anyway; that's the crux of it really..it's a CHOICE. And it's a choice that we have the right to make. I don't care how much zoo experience you may have, it's arrogant to say that your opinion is the only correct one. I'm done with this thread.
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This will all likely be moot in time, in any event. As far as I know, those states that have not legislated against venomous snake ownership will do so in time; in most cases, the matter isn't brought up until a bite or fatality occurs, as there are not all that many people involved, and no real economic incentives one way or the other.
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Oh, and thanks for making the threat about legislation against our animals. Yes, I know that many states have laws against keeping venomous. I'm not against regulating it, or requiring training before one can get a permit. However, it's not the government's place to tell us that we can't own them at all. America is a country of personal freedom. The herping community has enough problems with laws being enacted almost all the time against constrictors and other snakes....it's a constant worry to us.
Anyway, I will respectfully agree to disagree with you Frank. I'd appreciate if you'd do the same for me.
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