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am sending my Snakes to Congress!
Category:Common Interest - Pets & AnimalsDescription:Once again our hobby finds itself at the breach, pushed to the edge by politicians more interested in sound bytes than sound laws and regulations. The proposals bandied about regarding constrictor snakes will end up costing the country a fortune in combating a problem that exists, that can only exist, in a geographically small area of the country. It will do nothing to eliminate the animals already here, which thanks to NPS policies have been allowed to thrive. Stopping this imaginary "snake invasion" will eliminate thousands of jobs nationwide, primarily in the small business sector, virtually overnight adding to already staggering record unemployment numbers, while denying those same people and millions of Americans their pets. Worst of all it will create an epidemic of pet dumping, with thousands of owners dumping their pet snakes into Americas wilds rather than see them "euthanized" at the hands of government officials.
I say that if Congress wants to deal with the python issue, let them deal with the pythons too.
I am asking all snake owners in the United States to send their congressman and senators their snakes.
Should these regulations pass I think that everyone should deposit their snakes with their federal
representatives directly for proper "disposal".
And to emphasis the point that you are serious, I am asking that everyone mail a letter to this effect
along with a shed snake skin to their congressman and senators, and especially to the members of the
Environment and Public Works committee listed below:
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), (Sponsor S373)
Phone: 202-224-5274
Fax: 202-228-2183
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), (Chair EPW)
Phone: (202) 224-3553
Fax: (202) 224-0454
Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), (Ranking Member EPW)
Phone: (202) 224-4721
Fax: (202) 228-0380
Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), (Chair Water & Wildlife)
Phone: 202-224-4524
Fax: 202-224-1651
Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), (Ranking Member Water & Wildlife)
Phone: (202) 224-6142
Fax: (202) 228-1375
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Phone: (202) 224-4944
Fax: (202) 228-3398
am sending my Snakes to Congress!
Category:Common Interest - Pets & AnimalsDescription:Once again our hobby finds itself at the breach, pushed to the edge by politicians more interested in sound bytes than sound laws and regulations. The proposals bandied about regarding constrictor snakes will end up costing the country a fortune in combating a problem that exists, that can only exist, in a geographically small area of the country. It will do nothing to eliminate the animals already here, which thanks to NPS policies have been allowed to thrive. Stopping this imaginary "snake invasion" will eliminate thousands of jobs nationwide, primarily in the small business sector, virtually overnight adding to already staggering record unemployment numbers, while denying those same people and millions of Americans their pets. Worst of all it will create an epidemic of pet dumping, with thousands of owners dumping their pet snakes into Americas wilds rather than see them "euthanized" at the hands of government officials.
I say that if Congress wants to deal with the python issue, let them deal with the pythons too.
I am asking all snake owners in the United States to send their congressman and senators their snakes.
Should these regulations pass I think that everyone should deposit their snakes with their federal
representatives directly for proper "disposal".
And to emphasis the point that you are serious, I am asking that everyone mail a letter to this effect
along with a shed snake skin to their congressman and senators, and especially to the members of the
Environment and Public Works committee listed below:
Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL), (Sponsor S373)
Phone: 202-224-5274
Fax: 202-228-2183
Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), (Chair EPW)
Phone: (202) 224-3553
Fax: (202) 224-0454
Senator James Inhofe (R-OK), (Ranking Member EPW)
Phone: (202) 224-4721
Fax: (202) 228-0380
Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD), (Chair Water & Wildlife)
Phone: 202-224-4524
Fax: 202-224-1651
Senator Mike Crapo (R-ID), (Ranking Member Water & Wildlife)
Phone: (202) 224-6142
Fax: (202) 228-1375
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Phone: (202) 224-4944
Fax: (202) 228-3398
we could only wish
reps are trying to take our rights away!
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