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The proposed python ban. It has facts and it has fallacy. In a world of snapshots and sound bites the facts struggle to get any attention.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Filed under All Posts, Reptiles and the Law, The Reptile Business · Tagged burmese python, everglades, federal ban, florida, hr2811, hsus, python ban, s373
This is a video of a large burmese python living with a family with small children. Despite being characterized by the media as a danger to people, the reality is that large constrictors do not view people as prey and are typically very docile creatures.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 7:43 pm
Filed under All Posts · Tagged african rock, anaconda, boa constrictor, burmese python, congress, hr2811, hsus, humane society, python ban, reticulated, s373, usgs
The reptile community is being tricked into supporting a python ban by clever wording of HR2811 and S373.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Monday, July 27, 2009 at 12:12 am
Filed under All Posts, The Reptile Business · Tagged bill nelson, burmese python, everglades, florida, hr2811, hr669, invasive, Lacey Act, pijac, python ban, s373, species, usark
The media and a tiny handful of government officials continue to advocate a python ban when they are not informed enough to have an opinion that is based on anything other than misinformation and fear.
Posted by Colin Weaver on Thursday, July 16, 2009 at 6:44 am
Filed under All Posts, The Reptile Business · Tagged ban, bill, burmese python, colin weaver, constrictor, florida everglades, hr2811, hr669, law, media, python ban, s373, senator bill nelson, senator nelson, snake
