good to see someone who is a more legitimate exotic animal keeper. Most of us only aspire to have your animals
The Ohio situation. Read- this may effect us all
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good to see someone who is a more legitimate exotic animal keeper. Most of us only aspire to have your animals
This type of regulatory overreaction is an unfortunate, but foreseeable consequence of our system of government. I make no claims of legal, historical or political genius. So instead Im borrowing the words of a jurist who was all three:
Great cases, like hard cases, make bad law. For great cases are called great not by reason of their real importance in shaping the law of the future, but because of some accident of immediate overwhelming interest which appeals to the feelings and distorts the judgment. These immediate interests exercise a kind of hydraulic pressure which makes what previously was clear seem doubtful, and before which even well settled principles of law will bend.
Northern Securities Co. v. United States, 193 U.S. 197, 400-401 (1904);
Holmes, J., Dissenting Opinion
Holmes, J., Dissenting Opinion
It is sad that so few modern legislators know or care about the concepts that helped shape these United States.
I have to say, I really do enjoy reading everyone's opinions on keeping exotics. I guess I just like debates, and even more so when they're about a topic I'm interested in.
Okay, I'm digging this thread up after I saw this little tidbit on the SnakeBytes Facebook page: Exotic-animal ban may have too big a bite for lawmakers.
Basically, the proposed legislation in its current form is a big piece of *expletive* and is probably not going to pass in its current form (hopefully).
Animals included under the current ban include panthers, hyenas, lions, tigers, primates, elephants, rhinoceroses, giraffes, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, pythons, boa constrictors and wolf-dog hybrids which is a load of crap since it certainly is still going to destroy the exotic mammal and reptile industries in Ohio in this current form.
Furthermore, animals on that banned list would have to be turned over to the state upon the law going into effect (January 1, 2014); once again, the state government is going too far. Luckily, some lawmakers are pushing for these animals to be registered within 60 days of the law going into effect rather than confiscate the animals; yes, that's still B.S., too, but it's certainly a step towards them making the proposed law more lenient.
Zoos, circuses, and special facilities would be exempt from these regulations, but the last time I checked, some of those are far less secure and treat the animals worse than many private keepers.
This is slightly unrelated, but I notice it in the comments of the article and found it amusing:
Basically, the proposed legislation in its current form is a big piece of *expletive* and is probably not going to pass in its current form (hopefully).
Animals included under the current ban include panthers, hyenas, lions, tigers, primates, elephants, rhinoceroses, giraffes, hippopotamuses, crocodiles, pythons, boa constrictors and wolf-dog hybrids which is a load of crap since it certainly is still going to destroy the exotic mammal and reptile industries in Ohio in this current form.
Furthermore, animals on that banned list would have to be turned over to the state upon the law going into effect (January 1, 2014); once again, the state government is going too far. Luckily, some lawmakers are pushing for these animals to be registered within 60 days of the law going into effect rather than confiscate the animals; yes, that's still B.S., too, but it's certainly a step towards them making the proposed law more lenient.
Zoos, circuses, and special facilities would be exempt from these regulations, but the last time I checked, some of those are far less secure and treat the animals worse than many private keepers.
This is slightly unrelated, but I notice it in the comments of the article and found it amusing:
Ya, I thought so, too. Whoever came up with that needs to get an award or something.
