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RE: thought I would share some new regulations...
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by timberrattlesnake89 on December 15, 2004
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I think they should have some laws. I like TC plan for a membership. That would help save are beloved hobby.
One thing is how can you keep snakes legally when it is impossible to get the permit. An example is like Georgia you have to have a 500,000 liability insurance to keep exotics. There is almost no insurance companies willing to put there necks on the line for that.
I think it is ok for people to keep venomous snakes that live in there area without keeping antivenin. But they should deffinately get with the local hosipital to make sure they stock the right antivenin and know what to do incase of an accident. I will keep native venomous without keeping the antivenin at my house. If I ever do get non-native venomous snakes I will get the antivenin. I feel it is my responsiblity to keep antivenin so zoo won't have to give up there stock. What if the zoo gives there antivenin to some person keeping a cobra and then the next day a keeper gets bit. I think if someone would keep exotics deffinatly needs to keep there own antivenin unless near a antivenom bank like in Florida.
I do think there should be some regulations on selling venomous snakes. So breeder don't sell to people who do not know the difference between a python and cobra. It is known that a lot of breeders will sell to anyone. Just so they can make a few dollars.
Just my two cents,
Phillip
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that's all reasonable.
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by MattHarris on December 16, 2004
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the only glitch is the fact that, even insurance companies don't have any grasp of the "ACTUAL" risk that venomous snakes pose. Take any of the recent bites....the snakes aren't escaping from the keepers houses. I did hear of an instance where one snake wasn't secured in the cage, but even then, the snake was in the residence. In 99% of the cases(and no I don't have data to come up with that number---its simple logic) the snakes will be easily secured in the cages, before the keeper even seeks medical attention. The majority of bites, have been typically due to feeding responses where the keepers let their guard down and break a simple safety rule of having a barrier between themselves and the snake and/or they take their eye of the animal.
As such, the snakes typically strike, and recoil back into their enclosures. The bottom line is that there is a very minimal chance that the snakes will escape during a bite. Unfortunately, this is the excuse that legislators use as the reasoning for passing legislation and it has ABSOLUTELY NO DATA TO SUPPORT IT AS BEING VALID from a statistical standpoint. Even worse, is that with DOG BITES, they are often from STRAY DOGS RUNNING LOSE! In addition to an A/V bank, there is a stronger need for proper training of animal control personnel. Being a venomous keeper, I would love the challenge of having to locate and capture a loose cobra, but most animal control officers would prefer to have an easy day, with nothing more difficult than getting a kitten out of a tree.
Anyway, I agree with you....I wouldn't keep CROFAB or any other native a/v (nor do I keep it for timber rattlesnakes.) The risk of death is much lower, and I don't deliberate over the effects of a bite, as I do, say a bushmaster, terciopelo or Urutu.
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