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A quick note on politician's ignorance: In San Francisco back in the 90's they decided to put restrictions on snake ownership because one of the braindead supervisors in that city saw a movie about an anaconda or something and panicked. They banned "constrictors" with no other defining language given. Both the ownership of them and the selling of them in reptile stores! The most popular snake pets back then ball pythons and red-tails were made illegal. This meant owning an 18-inch long adult male Kenyan sand boa was illegal because constrictors are dangerous snakes, but having a 10-foot rear-fanged adult wild caught False water cobra or an 8-foot Mangrove were legally harmless and perfectly fine to sell in shops and to keep! Now the fun part of San Francisco is if you go to a park there on weekends you're likely to see someone with a boa around their shoulders rollerblading or having a picnic with their pet ferret (also illegal in the city and banned throughout the state) laws seem to be very loosely enforced there for various items, LOL! All they did was highly damage the profits of S.F. pet shops and give huge new business to places outside the city like East Bay Vivarium. Just goes to show you the severe lack of knowledge or research done by politicians when it comes to writing laws about herps, always stay aware and informed of what they're up to and fight their stupidity whenever possible.
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