i agree, nighsliv.
i don't know where to begin with this video. there's just so many things that went through my head. like... i can't believe geniuses don't realize that putting videos of their snakes killing harmless chicks on youtube is only feeding the fire that is the government who's trying to ban our pets... just bad timing and taste, imo. it's things like this that are making snake keepers look like irresponsible monsters and makes the whole community look bad. i'm going to be peeved when i have to give up my redtail because he's illegal... soon. the guy who shot that video i'm sure will be peeved too, but maybe he should have used a little forethought and sense... especially since he owns the one species who happen to be the reason all large constrictors are soon to be banned across the entire united states. and he's displaying perfectly the reason why they're to be banned... scary snakes killing cute little furry things.
us reptile keepers/lovers are the minority... in a country where majority rules (educated and understanding or not)... during a time where our rights to keep our pets are on the chopping block in unprecedented proportions. ignorance is bliss... until you learn the price of your ignorance...
oblivion... by no means is any of this posts negativity pointed at you... that vid is very disturbing to me though... and i'm severely disappointed that someone who seems to love his pets enough to keep them healthy would risk decimating his rights to keep them in such an ignorant, open, public way.
you are surely welcome here at our site but keep in mind you are likely not to have too many positive responses to this vid. we strive to educate ourselves and have a couple supporting members of usark here who are struggling to keep their pets legal. this vid is likely to be insulting to more than one member involved in the struggle.
don't get me wrong, we love feeding pics/vids/etc. but the timing is definitely baaaad for this vid.
with all due respect, please do a search on this site for ban, usark, python, etc. and read through some of the threads urging people to get involved. then please check out usark, join the mailing list, become a supporting member, whatever you can do. if you enjoyed that vid at all please get involved, write your congressmen and women and help us fight for our rights. we need all the help we can get and we need educated folks with relevant points, no opinions, etc. to help in the fight for our rights to keep our pets in these unfortunate times of rights degradation of pet owners. please keep in mind that congress has thrown out most of the letters written to them because of poorly written, opinionated points. so anything you write must be extremely educated and legible. usark will certainly help with that. we have worked very hard thus far and it would be a shame to lose everything because everybody doesn't go the extra mile to make legitimate, educated, legible points... especially since usark has layed out step by steps on most things and gone as far as writing out letters to copy, paste, print, forward and mail and then listed congressmen who are willing to support us to send them to, etc., etc., etc..
if you need a link check out my signature.
regards, beck
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