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  1. #11
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    I'm sure there will be a zoo exemption. This is in response to private keepers and hobbyists who are perceived to be destroying the US ecosystem with escaped and released exotics animals. It's also in response to the numbers of bites by exhibition animals, people who don't want exotics in their neighborhoods, and people who are just generally afraid of exotics (not just reptiles)

    Here in Fl, it has been a real nightmare. The Burmese pythons are breeding in the Everglades (no, they weren't really released), the Nile Monitors are established and the media really plays up their ferocity. The iguanas in S FL are eating everyone's yards and pooping in their swimming pools. There's an established colony of tegus in Polk County eating farmer's crops, some monkeys escaped off an island in Central FL and are running wild, plus the rivers and lakes are overrun with exotic fish that were released. People are just fed up and calling to their congresspeople to do something about it.
    Laura R (FL)
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    I understand that.I would be upset, too, but that doesn't mean that every one has to pay the price for what some people did.
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    I agree, Sam! But there's some very wealthy constituents down there and the squeaky wheel gets oiled, so to speak!
    Laura R (FL)
    1.0.0 Colombian Tegu
    1.4.0 Argentine B&W Tegu
    1.2.0 Red Tegu
    1.2.0 B/WxRed Tegu
    1.0.0 Green Ameiva (yet another teiid)
    7 other lizards
    1 little gator
    3 FL box turtle
    1 Sulcata tortoise
    16 snakes
    5 fuzzy pets
    4 little frogs
    a bunch of creepy bugs
    and a partridge in a pear tree

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    Seems like we have a bigger problem here in Florida with vicious DOGS that maim people for life and even kill. People fear what they don't understand and soooo many people don't understand reptiles. Give me a Burmese python any day. Less likely to bite.
    Lin

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