I want to get a Burmese Pythons but I can't find anything on if they are legal or illegal. I can only find laws about nyc but is it the same in the rest of ny?
Are Burms legal in New York?
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I too would like to know! Although with rear fanged mildy venemous colubrids.. Also what would the punishment be for having them?
they are banned throughout the state of NY. you would be fined/and possibly jailed for a brief amount of time, and your animal would be confiscated.
HOWEVER, and i'm not saying to get one..but the bans here are loosely enforced. i see people with burms and retics outside all summer long. there is even a guy who proudly displays both his albino and normal burms on coney island, oddly enough, its almost always cops who are most interested(although they cannot and do not enforce the animal ban laws, these are handled by fish and wildlife agents, sometimes with the help of local law enforcement. they can certainly notify them though)
HOWEVER, and i'm not saying to get one..but the bans here are loosely enforced. i see people with burms and retics outside all summer long. there is even a guy who proudly displays both his albino and normal burms on coney island, oddly enough, its almost always cops who are most interested(although they cannot and do not enforce the animal ban laws, these are handled by fish and wildlife agents, sometimes with the help of local law enforcement. they can certainly notify them though)
the official website, www.wnyherp.org is down, but here is a link with the species list banned in NYS from a forum.
http://www.reptilerooms.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=27391
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