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by CanadianSnakeMan on October 8, 2009
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Hi all,
I posted a while ago that I was trying to change the laws in my area (which ban the posession of ALL reptiles). I have a meeting coming up with town council soon and I am drafting a research paper to present to them.
I am looking for reliable references such as statistics of fatalites from venomous snakebite in the US, frequency of Salmonella infections among reptile owners and statistics with regards to annual rabies infections, parasitic infections and other cases of diseases from other domestic animals.
The paper is coming along well but I just need a few more bits of information to tie it up. It is my intent to present an honest assessment of the risks associated with keeping reptiles, and then compare it with the risks of keeping other domestic animals (which my research shows is far more significant).
I would prefer if you could point me in the direction of very relaible government or university sources. I have already looked at info from the CDC, Health Canada, American Veterinary Medical Assoc, NIH and others.
Thank you all! With your help we can educate, influence and change this region for the better!
Luke
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by MikeB on October 9, 2009
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The Centers for Disease Control publishes annual data on causes of death. I believe the annual total of snakebite deaths runs between 5 and a dozen. The annual total for dogbites, bee stings and horseb ack riding accidents are multiples higher. Hence honey bees and horses are far more deadly statistically.
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by LarryDFishel on October 9, 2009
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All of which pale in comparison to slips and falls or even choking on food...which pale in comparison to suicide and car accidents...which still don't come close to cigarette smoking or alcohol abuse (forms of suicide in my opinion). Now you're up in the range of 100,000 times more likely to die from something you intentionally chose to do to yourself than from snake bite...
Note: I have nothing against any form of suicide, it's just that if you smoke, drink or drive you're in no position to complain about my snakes being dangerous...
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by tigers9 on October 11, 2009
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see here, www.REXANO.org, use search box on upper left, some direct links:
public safetY:
http://www.rexano.org//Safety.htm
US and Canada statistics:
http://www.rexano.org//Statistics/Stats.htm
Zuzana
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