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Reptile Documentry
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by BillyHitchell on April 22, 2011
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Hey Guys,
My name is Bill Hitchell, I have been coming to this site for a while alhough I have not been an active member for very long. I am writing this to let the members of the southeastern hot herp society know that I am making a documnetry that is Pro private reptile industry. It will not haveany horror scenes in it, nor will it exploit the ability of these animals to do harm. It is going to show the real story about everyday people who keep hot herps and it will show how there is no real threat in keeping these animals. It will also differentiate us from whorders and people who keep animals that are out of their means to control such as lions and monkeys. The documentry is being sponsored by a group of breders from NY who are starting a group called Keepers United, but we are still seriously underfunded. If any of you guys can make a donation or want to contribute in some way please let me know. Currently PA is under attack and if we go down everyone on the east coast will be unable to obtain hots. Even worse, the trade may go underground and breeders will be forced to act like drug dealers. We need to fight back asap and USARK cannot stand alone so please lets do everything we can to keep our rights and maybe even take back a few states that we lost.
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by LarryDFishel on April 23, 2011
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I guess that's my cue for periodically pointing out the following:
1) For those of you who don't know any big cat keepers, in my experience they are just as unfairly maligned in the media as we are. (Of course there are careless/unprepared/illegal ones, but the same applies to hot keepers.)
2) Various groups of exotic keepers throwing each other under the bus to protect their own rights is the stuff of PETA/HSUS's wet dreams.
3) Big cats require a lot of land (5 acres minimum by law in Florida) and expensive caging. Therefore, the legal and responsible keepers tend to be relatively well off,,, As in the kind of people who would be nice to have one your side in legal battles...
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by CanadianSnakeMan on April 29, 2011
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Good point Larry,
I just finished a research paper on reptiles as companion animals and how the risks compare with keeping traditional pets and I had to revise some parts of it at the last minute to include the rights of other exotic keepers. After all, if I can keep a venomous snake, then why shouldn't my meighbour be allowed to keep a cougar?
We all must stand up as a community of people who keep all exotics and avoid fragmenting ourselves into speprate groups who point the finger at each other.
That being said, I'm glad someone is making a film that represents the hobby in a positive light. If there is anything I can contribute form here I certainly will... as long as the film doesn't throw other exotic keepers 'under the bus' as Larry puts it.
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