Kentucky ban

The ban (crocodilians, venomous and rear-fang, and gila monsters) has been passed to the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture/Natural Resources. If you can only send a few letters make sure you send your letters to the 3 co-chairs listed below.

Members of the Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources

*Sen. Tom Jensen, Co-Chair
303 South Main St.
London, KY 40741

*Rep. Jim Gooch, Co-Chair
125-C East Main Street
Providence, KY 42450
270-667-9909 fax

*Rep. Thomas M McKee, Co-Chair
1053 Cook Rd.
Cynthiana, KY 41031
859-234-3332 fax

Sen. David E Boswell
5591 Panther Creek Rd.
Owensboro, KY 42301
270-926-9047 fax

Sen. Ernie Harris
P.O. Box 1073
Crestwood, KY 40014

Sen. Dan Kelly
324 W. Main
Springfield, KY 40069

Sen. Robert J (Bob) Leeper
229 South Friendship Road
Paducah, KY 42003
270-554-5337 fax

Sen. Vernie McGaha
4787 W. Hwy 76
Russell Springs, KY 42642

Sen. Joey Pendleton
905 Hurst Drive
Hopkinsville, KY 42240
270-885-0640 fax

Sen. J Dorsey Ridley
4030 Hidden Creek Drive
Henderson, KY 42420

Sen. Richie Sanders Jr
901 Maple Leaf Dr.
Franklin, KY 42134-2444

Sen. Ernesto Scorsone
511 W. Short St.
Lexington, KY 40507

Sen. Damon Thayer
102 Grayson Way
Georgetown, KY 40324
502-868-6086 fax

Rep. Royce W Adams
580 Bannister Rd.
Dry Ridge, KY 41035

Rep. Adrian K Arnold
3589 Aarons Run Road
Mt. Sterling, KY 40353

Rep. John A Arnold Jr
1301 North LeeP.O. Box 124
Sturgis, KY 42459

Rep. James E Bruce
6750 Ft. Campbell Boulevard
Hopkinsville, KY 42240

Rep. Dwight D Butler
P.O. Box 9
Harned, KY 40144

Rep. James Carr
Room 332F, Capitol Annex
700 Capital Avenue
Frankfort, KY 40601

Rep. Mike Cherry
803 S. Jefferson St.
Princeton, KY 42445

Rep. Hubert Collins
72 Collins Drive
Wittensville, KY 41274

Rep. James R Comer Jr
407 4th St. Blvd.
Tompkinsville, KY 42167

Rep. Howard D Cornett
20 El Paso
Whitesburg, KY 41858

Rep. Tim Couch
P.O. Box 710
Hyden, KY 41749
606-672-8998 fax

Rep. W Milward Dedman Jr
300 South Chiles
Harrodsburg, KY 40330

Rep. Mike Denham
306 Old Hill City Rd.
Maysville, KY 41056

Rep. C B Embry Jr
P.O. Box 1215
Morgantown, KY 42261

Rep. W Keith Hall
155 McCoy Caney Rd.
Phelps, KY 41553
606-835-4999 fax

Rep. Jimmy Higdon
507 West Main
Lebanon, KY 40033
270-692-1111 fax

Rep. Charlie Hoffman
406 Bourbon St.
Georgetown, KY 40324

Rep. Charles E Meade
P.O. Box 222
Allen, KY 41647
606-874-9102 fax

Rep. Reginald K Meeks
P.O. Box 757
Louisville, KY 40201

Rep. Brad Montell
543 Main Street
P.O. Box 1016
Shelbyville, KY 40066
502-633-6812 fax

Rep. Fred Nesler
400 State Route 440
Mayfield, KY 42066
270-623-6431 fax

Rep. Don R Pasley
5805 Ecton Rd.
Winchester, KY 40391

Rep. Marie L Rader
P.O. Box 323
McKee, KY 40447
606-287-3300 fax

Rep. Rick W Rand
P.O. Box 273
Bedford, KY 40006
502-255-9911 fax

Rep. Steven Rudy
221 Mt. Pleasant
LaCenter, KY 42056

Rep. Terry Shelton
7725 N. Jackson Hwy
Magnolia, KY 42757

Rep. Brandon D Smith
350 Kentucky Blvd.
Hazard, KY 41701
606-436-2398 fax

Rep. Jim Stewart III
141 KY 223
Flat Lick, KY 40935

Rep. Tommy Turner
175 Clifty Grove Church Rd.
Somerset, KY 42501

Rep. Ken Upchurch
P. O. Box 991
Monticello, KY 42633

Rep. Robin L Webb
404 West Main St.
Grayson, KY 41143

Rep. Susan Westrom
P.O. Box 22778
Lexington, KY 40522-2778

Seems almost every single day some law banning and regulating herps is passed or introduced, somewhere. It just makes me so angry. Especially ones that ban (or regulate so heavily as to effectively ban) herps, for no logical reason. Many times it's a bunch of morons with an irrational fear of snakes. People who are probably so ignorant that they still think snakes are "slimy". Around here we had yet another child killed by some pit bulls, it is pretty much to the point that such occurrences are common, yet except for a few rumblings, every once in a while about banning dogs like that nothing happens. People are getting attacked and killed by dogs (irresponsible dog owners to be exact), yet lets ban hognose snakes.

I couldn't agree w/ reptilebreeder any more...I think it's pathetic that people do this..But noooooo ban on dogs or pitbulls etc etc etc. It makes me want to puke.

Well I don't agree with the ban but there should be regulations on poisonous reptiles. Let's face it no matter how much you are into reptiles, and I am, any moron with no common sense or any knowledge of any kind of snake can buy a cobra. There are a lot of people out there who have a poisonous reptile just to be able to say they have one. As far as people being able to have them, those people should have permits for the snakes. They just lifted regulations on pythons in my area and for any of my pythons over 12ft I had to get a permit for. I had no problem getting these permits because the money went to the state wildlife division. I am not trying to stop anybody from having poisonous reptiles, compared to any other animal you are looking at the deadliest species of animal on earth. I agree with reptilebreeder about the pit bulls. There should be regulations with them as well. I have them in my state (OH). Just for those people who are reading, it's not the pit bull that's dangerous it's the ignorance of an owner. I own two of them and they are tamer than my retic and that's pretty damn tame. lol Thanks for reading.