wow that's horrible! I hope they repeal >_< Not just bad for WV but for all herp keepers if other states start to mirror the same thing.
side-bar on the insurance, yeah most typical insurance will not cover reptiles and may decline, revoke existing coverage if they find out you keep, the only insurance I'd found that could be used to cover was through Lloyds of London as 'livestock', further discussion from prior threads here:
http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...ad.php?t=69468