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NC Legislature agrees to new ownership, enclosure
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by tigers9 on July 18, 2009
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This was USARK bill
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NC Legislature agrees to new ownership, enclosure rules for pythons, crocodiles
By Associated Press
6:36 PM EDT, July 15, 2009
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — People who own pythons, crocodiles and some types of alligators would have to keep them in sturdy enclosures with a lock according to legislation awaiting Gov. Beverly Perdue's signature.
The Senate gave unanimous final legislative approval Wednesday to the bill that also requires owners to alert police if one of these reptiles escape.
The owner would face a misdemeanor if a friend or stranger dies or suffers a life-threatening injury from the reptile and due care wasn't taken.
The measure builds on a 1949 law that focuses on poisonous snakes. The change reflects increased ownership of exotic pets and their danger to humans.
Approval comes two weeks after a 2-year-old Florida girl died when she was strangled by a Burmese python missing from a home terrarium.
http://www.myfox8.com/news/sns-ap-nc-xgr--dangerousreptiles,0,6417126.story
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by Cro on July 18, 2009
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If we as keepers do not police ourselves, they will do it for us.
Seems like a good regulation in NC. It should serve to make more folks better / safer keepers.
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John Z
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by thenewdisciple on July 20, 2009
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I live in NC and I would be happy with more reasonable regulations such as this. The way I see it, it betters our chances of being able to legally own what we want.
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