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ND Senate Votes to Ban Venomous 46- 0
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by Phobos on March 16, 2005
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Posted on Tue, Mar. 15, 2005
Senate endorses ban on ownership of poisonous snakes
Associated Press
BISMARCK, N.D. - North Dakotans shouldn't be allowed to keep poisonous snakes unless they have a license from the state veterinarian, the state Senate decided.
The legislation was introduced after an incident in Bismarck last summer, in which two men used the Internet to acquire four exotic, poisonous snakes, which they kept in their apartment and took around to show off.
"People were possessing, in an unsafe way, very seriously venomous snakes, for which there is no antivenom available in this state," said Sen. Connie Triplett, D-Grand Forks. "If someone had been bitten, they would have died."
The new law bans possession of poisonous snakes unless the handler is licensed, has demonstrated he or she knows how to handle snakes, and is using them for educational purposes.
A violation would be a misdemeanor, punishable by a maximum 30 days in jail and a $1,000 fine. The legislation also bars releasing a poisonous snake.
Senators voted 46-0 on Tuesday to approve the bill. It now returns to the House, which earlier approved an almost identical version of the measure.
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The bill is HB1326.
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RE: ND Senate Votes to Ban Venomous 46- 0
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by stopgetinpopped on March 16, 2005
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"Senators voted 46-0 on Tuesday to approve the bill. It now returns to the House, which earlier approved an almost identical version of the measure."
This gives everyone an idea of how legislators feel about this hobby. If there were not some very strong people fighting for the privelage of the serious keeper to keep...this would have been a complete ban. Period.
The only hope for the serious keeper, is to individually police each other and weed out those that are obviously not qualified!
Of those their are many!
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RE: ND Senate Votes to Ban Venomous 46- 0
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by AquaHerp on March 17, 2005
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It goes to show you how easliy these things are passed. "Someone would have died", that alone shows you the ignorance of the matter.
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