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by KingCobraFan on February 6, 2001
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Gaylon:
Just wanted to commend you on an excellent article. I have yet to handle a venomous snake, but I
sincerely want to someday, and that'll be tough to
achieve if fearmongers eventually do away with the
keeping of "hots".
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by MambaMan on July 25, 2001
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the article mentioned something about a loose monacled cobra.Well my first day training and working with vemonous snakes we were cleaning an Albino monacleds cage. when we tried to get the snake back in its cage it didnt want to go. That day was the most thrilling day of my life because I was in a room with 26 snakes and I had no experience, my friend (18yrs experience) and a 2foot Albino monacled Cobra was on the ground. It was more thrilling then a roller coaster. The monaled would not go into its clean cage it just wouldnt . after about 5 or 10 minutes we finally got it in and we came out without a scratch only a forehead full of sweat.
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by badgertx on November 6, 2001
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I have been in this very situation for 20 years. Its very difficult to change minds of the mass, but at least a few are coming around. Although even under the very strickest means of keeping venomous snakes accidents happen. I have been bit a few time and a couple have been life threatning. But even though I have been bit, I never focus on the negative aspects of the bite. I use it in my lectures to show what can happen and to take away some of the misconceptions of bites. I try to educate would be herpers of what can happen if precautions are not met. In any case your article was pretty much to the point, and it would be a switch to get people to understand rather than condem.
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by Zanewaldo on July 25, 2004
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I am so surprised that the last submission for this wonderful article was in 2001! I guess it reflects the fact again that we need to continue our efforts to INFORM the public about the positive sides to Pit Vipers, why they exist in our natural habitat(the world), and why we need to create a special entity to promote and protect them. Solutions are very easy to invent, IMPLEMENTATION seems to be a non-issue that may never reach the table.
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by Darthsandy on November 14, 2005
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The keeping of venomous snakes and doing so legally (in some areas where there is a current ban) is going to be an uphill battle. The biggest part of that fight is going to be getting over the hurdle of public stigma when it comes to snakes in general, and venomous ones in particular. I think the key to this is going to be education on all levels. From the city council itself to the layman who's just curious. Also, we are going to have to start retraining society about the snake and it's role. Too many see it as the serpent that deceived Eve in the Garden of Eden. The snake needs to be played up as the hero in more stories rather than the villan. I think if these things, among many others were to happen, then slowly, gradually, with time, then public opinion might start to shift to something more favorable for snakes and their keepers.
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