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RE: Venomous Laws in Alabama
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by richardduckworth on February 5, 2010
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lol, make that 100% legally (but if you're keeping illegally they don't know the difference unless you tell them)
and there is no permit to be had. it doesn't exist. i've called everyone who would possibly know and it doesn't exist. i was even charged with "making my own" yet i never actually saw it and they finally dropped the charges the day i was in court (after i paid for a $2000 lawyer also)
went from an offer of 3 years probation + $1000 fine the day before to "ok, just sign here and it's all over"
they exist to bother you.
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by pictigaster1 on February 6, 2010
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Sounds like..That boy done got him a snake.Dems illegal round cheer..WEES GOTTA TAKE HIM IN.Awe shucks days no law in tarnation round cheer.Boys put dat rope back ina barn truedat..
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by Ophiuchus on February 6, 2010
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Yeah...it definitely sounds like the first rule of Fight Club..."don't tell anyone about Fight Club."
If you keep them, you better do it right and don't tell a soul.
Thanks for all the feedback, everyone. I have decided to focus my attention on current non-venomous projects, but over the past few months, I have gotten a little better perspective on the matter.
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by Time on February 6, 2010
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By the way, Ken Darnell collects the venom milked from Rattlesnake Round-ups and is NOT someone that most of us would want to have any dealings with.
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by ALA_snake33 on February 6, 2010
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Ricky was not playing when he said the DNR here cant tell the deference between native or other wise, so do watch what you do. Yes some of the law here are not on the up & up, but if you abide by the laws you can fight them.
Bottom line is make sure you follow all State Laws, then make sure your neighbors know exactly what you are keeping. By educating your neighbors, you will be assured they will be less likely to turn you in for owning that Copper headed-Cobra Snake that will KILL YOU IN 2 MINUTES FLAT. If you get my drift?
Be Safe Ya’ll, Happy Herping: Wally
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by agkistrodude on February 9, 2010
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Yes, if possible let your neighbors in on what your doing. Don't just tell them, educate them. 4 years ago I moved into my current residence, and I was building my "outbuilding/Hot Room".There is a lot of woods , Pasture around me and I saw a neighbor riding a 4-wheeler and stopped him to talk to him.He came over to see what I was building and saw my snakes. We talked for awhile and it turned out he had a couple of snakes himself in the past.(non venomous) Well he went home and told his wife, who called her grandmother.(All of the property around me is family owned)A few weeks later I ran into him again and he started apologizing for the trouble he thought he had caused. Seems that his wife's grandmother called the sheriffs dept, the police, DNR, the state police, state reps, everyone short of Pres. Bush telling them that I had "poisonous snakes" up here.Fortunately I was already known by those that mattered. But to all the neighbors, we're still "those snake people".Needles to say, we don't get invited to local family/friend/church gatherings. Fortunately, the closest neighbor is about 1/2 a mile away, and I have plenty of other friends.I tell them that when they come over to be sure and hang a huge boa or python out the window while they turn into my driveway! LOL! Take care, Marty
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by FSB on February 10, 2010
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Marty, I have always found "not getting invited to local family/friend/church gatherings" to be one of the choice advantages to keeping snakes. Also, as you point out, I think it is a very good idea to let "those who matter" know who you are and what you are doing. If you are knowledgeable and legit, they will see and even appreciate it. The wildlife officials where I lived in Virginia were only too glad to turn their snake cases over to me, and the 911 dispatcher called me with all of the snake-in-house calls, saving the county's EMS services thousands of $$$ in emergency calls. I never got any compensation for that, but I did feel confident that any complaints from the very-weird fundamentalist sect across the road about my being a "Satanist" because of my snakes would be duly ignored by the sheriff's office. My educational programs in schools, libraries, museums etc. were also very visible and received a lot of very positive coverage in the press, and I also made regular appearances on the local radio station to answer snake questions from callers. Even people who hate snakes love to talk about them...
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by FSB on February 10, 2010
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...and what, I wonder, does Mr. Darnell do with the venom - drink it? Venom collected from round-ups is clearly useless for any "research" purposes.
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by turtleman007 on March 17, 2013
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Prohibited Animal Regulation 220-2-.26
Restrictions on Possession, Sale, Importation and/or Release of Certain Animals and Fish
Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Regulation 220-2-.26 as revised August 13, 2012.
(1) No person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association shall possess, sell, offer for sale, import, bring or cause to be brought or imported into the State of Alabama any of the following live fish or animals:
Any Walking Catfish or any other fish of the genus Clarias;
Any Piranha or any fish of the genus Serrasalmus;
Any Black Carp of the genus Mylopharyngodon;
Any species of sturgeon not native to Alabama;
Any species of Chinese perch (Siniperca spp.);
Any species of Snakehead fish (Channa spp.);
Any species of Mud carp (Cirrhinus spp.);
Blueback herring (Alosa aestivalis);
Any species of fish "rudd" (Scardinius erythrophthalmus) or "roach" (Rutilus rutilus) or any hybrids of either species;
Any species of nonindigenous venomous reptile;
Any species of Mongoose;
San Juan Rabbits, Jack Rabbits or any other species of wild rabbit or hare; or
Any of the following from any area outside the state of Alabama: any member of the family Cervidae (to include but not be limited to deer, elk, moose, caribou), species of coyote, species of fox, species of raccoon, species of skunk, wild rodent, or strain of wild turkey, black bear (Ursus Americanus), mountain lion (Felis concolor), bobcat (Felis rufus), Pronghorn Antelope (Antelocapridae), any nondomestic member of the families Suidae (pigs), Tayassuidae (peccaries), or Bovidae (bison, mountain goat, mountain sheep).
No person, firm, corporation, partnership, or association, shall transport within the state, any member of the above-stated species (whether such member originated within or without the state), except for properly licensed game-breeders pursuant to Section 9-11-31, Code of Alabama 1975, or persons engaged in the interstate transport of Cervideae through the state who are otherwise specifically authorized by permit of the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries or his designee.
(2) It shall be unlawful to release any tame turkey, or any other turkey, whether wild or tame, into any of the wild areas of this State.
The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to any turkeys kept by any farmer or landowner of this State for normal agricultural purposes or for personal consumption.
(3) Nutria shall not be propagated or released in this State. No person, firm or corporation shall release any Nutria from captivity in this State or propagate any Nutria for the purpose of stocking in the wild of this State.
(4) All species of sturgeon are hereby declared to be protected fish within this State and any person who shall catch a sturgeon shall immediately return it to the waters from whence it came with the least possible harm.
(5) It shall be unlawful for any person to possess, sell, offer for sale, import, or release any non-indigenous venomous reptile in or into the State of Alabama.
(6) Except as authorized by permit issued by the Department prior to the date of this amendment, it shall be unlawful for any person to have in possession any live, protected wild bird or wild animal or live embryo, eggs or sperm of these protected wild birds or animals. "Possession'' in this section does not include deer restricted by natural or man made barriers as long as the deer remain wild and are not subject to management practices of domesticated animals.
(7) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to the exceptions provided for in Section 9-2-13(b), Code of Alabama 1975. Accredited educational facilities and research facilities shall be exempt from this regulation through the written permission of the Director of the Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries or his designee.
Additional wildlife species with restrictions can be found in Regulation 220-2-.92 (vertebrates) and in Regulation 220-2-.98 (invertebrates).
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