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City Council and Permitting.
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by Crotalus_Catcher on July 29, 2004
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I wrote earlier about Abilene outlawing hots, and I wrote Animal Control asking about permits. They gave me the following:
"There is not any permitting system for venomous reptiles inside the city
limits of Abilene. As far as permits in the future, that is a matter that
would have to be taken up with the City Council."
I'm only 20 years old, and I want to come off as professional. Does anyone know how I should go about doing this? Contacting City Council and all. Thanks!
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by captiveherps on July 29, 2004
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If there is a member that you regularly vote for, or has a good reputation schedual a meeting with him/her and talk to them about it. I got permission to keep primates by doing that, but I doubt you will get anywhere with them when venomous are involved. Best bet if you want to be legal is to move outside city limits.
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by Buzztail1 on July 29, 2004
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You could download the permit and regulations regarding permitting from Florida and then you would have some professionally produced ideas to present them with rather than asking them to brainstorm such things from scratch.
The documents in question should be available in our File Library (see navigation bar to the left of your screen).
Karl
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by Dadee on July 31, 2004
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Karl has given you a very great start in your approach.
Man, if I wanted to do anything, I'd have to wonder should I call Karl and get his opinion? Just kidding.
Seriously, Karl has a very valid point. Don't go empty handed when meeting your elected officials. If you have information to provide them with, to back your statements up as well, then you are going to stand a better chance at swaying their options than say someone who went there with nothing but hot air.
If you are serious about pleading your case, do your homework on other areas with permitting systems. I would say that the Florida system is a bit stretched, but in the eyes of the government more of a hindrence that would deter those who simply "want one". If you only give them the most strictest of options, you will undoubtedly (if they choose to put one in place), have to abide by those conditions.
With that being said, I emphatically agree with Karl's suggestion, give them some ideas to work from.
Good luck,
Matt
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by Crotalus_Catcher on July 31, 2004
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I've got a meeting with a councilman on monday! Turns out, the man who asked me to remove WDB's from his ranch, and I convinced to come out with me on my hunt so I could show him they were more beneficial than harmful, IS A CITYCOUNCILMAN. I believe he has seen my experience firsthand, and hopefully, with Florida's documetns, we'll be able to work something out. He agreed to meet with me about the issue of creating a permit system for keeping venomous reptiles. So we'll see how this goes!
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by BGF on July 31, 2004
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If you need any supporting documentation (such as the likelihood of these snakes suriving in the wild, antivenom issues etc.) feel free to contact me.
Cheers
Bryan
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Dr. Bryan Grieg Fry
ARC-APD Research Fellow
http://www.venomdoc.com
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Australian Venom Research Unit,
Department of Pharmacology,
School of Medicine,
University of Melbourne,
Parkville, Victoria
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Phone 61 3 8344 7753
Fax 61 3 9348 2048
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http://www.venomdoc.com/downloads/2004_JME_Zuckerkandl_Prize_editorial.pdf
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