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CA-Hollister alert
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by tigers9 on February 20, 2009
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Hollister area is a very earthquake active part of CAlifornia. I used to live near in Santa Cruz county, few miles from the epicenter of 1989 7.1 Loma prieta quake...So considering CA already has very rigid exotic laws, this seems ridiculous...
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http://www.freelancenews.com/news/253941-animal-control-looking-to-propose-exotic-pet-law
Animal control looking to propose exotic pet law
Friday, February 20, 2009
By Kollin Kosmicki (kkosmicki@freelancenews.com)
Amanda Jurasek, from Wild Things Inc. in Salinas, holds a 25-year-old boa constrictor in this 2008 file photo taken at Gilroy Gardens' Summer Safari Rainforest Adventure.
Photo by: Free Lance file photo
HOLLISTER
Hollister Animal Control official Julie Carreiro told the Free Lance that although she has not encountered pet primates here like the one who mauled a Connecticut woman, she believes the county and city need laws to address what she contends is a potential public safety issue - unregulated ownership of exotic pets.
The local animal control office is in "preliminary stages" of putting together a proposed ordinance that addresses ownership of exotic pets in San Benito County, mainly to regulate the local population of boa constrictors, said Carreiro, who expects to take a proposed ordinance to both the county board of supervisors and city council.
Neither the city nor the county have exotic pet ordinances on the books similar to laws that many local governments throughout the state and nation carry to prevent problems with the animals, many of which are normally suited for the wild.
That champanzee in Connecticut was a 15-year-old pet of a woman whose friend the primate ultimately mauled before being shot and killed by authorities. The victim, 55-year-old Charla Nash, is in critical but stable condition with injuries described as "severe trauma to her face, scalp and hands," according to a statement from the hospital treating her.
Carreiro referred to the mauling and the chimpanzee's death as a "bad deal" and said it is a sign authorities need to keep "better tabs" on such creatures and their owners.
"It's something that never should have happened," Carreiro said.
Carreiro said the ordinance locally would address "mostly boa constrictors." And although there have not been documented cases of problems with the snakes, and she is unsure about possible population numbers locally, Carreiro said they can be "dangerous if they get out" and that they have potential to kill animals and small children.
Becky Butler, manager at Pet World in Hollister, noted how local pet shops do not sell exotic animals and that the most common place people here likely get them is through the Internet. She also contended that most residents locally are unaware if any associated laws even exist.
"No customers have ever come in bragging or anything like that about having anything exotic," Butler said.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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by Buzztail1 on February 20, 2009
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That is extremely typical of California laws.
"I have not heard of any problems with boa constrictors but they have the potential to be dangerous so lets make a law..."
This one really is a ration of fecal material.
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Karl
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by tigers9 on February 20, 2009
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well, the quake issue could be used like: if there is quake boas r loose, my reply is, what about the bulls in this agri area?
Also, in quake, u need to worry about broken gas pipes and fires, boas r the least of your worries/…been there done that, left socialist CA years ago
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by Jahon on February 21, 2009
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You know this kind of stuff just does not surprise me one bit. Socialist is an understatement for this stupid, retarted, moronic, idiotic state. As soon as I have the means I am getting the hell out of here.
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by xvenomx on February 24, 2009
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Hey, you know what, I just saw a show on the history channel about the 18th street gang there in california. It is comprised of latino imigrants. That gang is notoriously bloody, they kill loads of poeple all the time!! Maybe california should ban latinos too,(at least in urban settings) so they don't kill each other.I mean clearly they are dangerous. ( insert sarcasm )
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