Arrowhead Reptile Rescue warns: OHIO BAN ON ALL SNAKE SPECIES- ACTION REQUIRED

ATTENTION ALL REPTILE OWNERS: YOUR PET WILL BE ILLEGAL
due to impending legislation currently proposed in Ohio unless you act now. The clock is ticking... time is running out. You stand to lose your rights as the owner of a harmless pet reptile, beginning with a ban of all snakes. Tomorrow it could be your bearded dragon, iguana, or tortoise.

As of November 2, 2011, there are two separate pieces of possible legislation in Ohio seeking to regulate or ban reptiles as pets.

OH House Bill 352 will ban all snakes.

Governor Kasich's exotic animal work group has proposed legislation which would restrict all species of boa and python.

THE TIME FOR ACTION BY ALL REPTILE OWNERS IS NOW!!! Today they want to ban snakes, tomorrow it could be bearded dragons, iguanas, and tortoises.

Arrowhead Reptile Rescue has posted more detailed information at:

http://arrowheadreptilerescue.org/We...law.htm#EXOTIC


Write, call, or meet with your Ohio senators and representatives:
http://www.house.state.oh.us/
http://www.ohiosenate.gov/

Write, call, or meet with Governor Kasich:
http://governor.ohio.gov/Contact/Con...eGovernor.aspx
http://ohiodnr.com/tabid/23631/default.aspx


Failure to take action by all reptile owners will result in the loss of our rights to keep harmless, safe pet reptiles. Contact elected officials- write, call, email, meet, send pictures of your kids with their family reptile pet, DO ANYTHING! Do nothing and snakes will be banned now, next it could be bearded dragons, iguanas, and tortoises.

Where's the petition to stop these bans? Ill sign!

Wow Ohio is on a role. First wolves are delisted and set up for hunting season when they're already pretty much near extinction, and now this... They need to get their sh*t together, IMO.

Originally Posted by kkreptiles

Wow Ohio is on a role. First wolves are delisted and set up for hunting season when they're already pretty much near extinction, and now this... They need to get their sh*t together, IMO.

There's a wolf population in Ohio?

Lol yes. Not very many though but some were rereleased in Ohio and hunters are pissed about it. I forget exactly what's going on in Ohio but I've heard a few things about it.

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1132

Originally Posted by kkreptiles

Lol yes. Not very many though but some were rereleased in Ohio and hunters are pissed about it. I forget exactly what's going on in Ohio but I've heard a few things about it.

http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=1132

Thanks for the info! I was aware that there was a healthy population of gray wolves in the far north midwest and several introduced [and harshly persecuted] populations scattered all across the western side of the county too, but I had no idea that they had been introduced into Ohio as well. I guess you learn something new every day. This concludes my derailment of this thread [sorry!].

I'm not %100 sure... but I heard there was some guy over there who had a very large collection of exotics and was constantly being harrassed by authorities about them. Word is he commited suicide, but before doing so he released ALL of his animals into the wild! Poor dude... RIP

PS... that collection also included his many many wolves

Originally Posted by 2RILL

I'm not %100 sure... but I heard there was some guy over there who had a very large collection of exotics and was constantly being harrassed by authorities about them. Word is he commited suicide, but before doing so he released ALL of his animals into the wild! Poor dude... RIP

Yup that is true actually. Now because of it California is trying to issue a state wide ban for ANY exotics as well. Wolfdog people will be forced to give up their animals and mine (who "look like wolves" by most people) would be in danger for this move as well.

I didn't know that he was being harassed but he released all those animals like you said then killed himself. Authorities came and shot and killed every animal. Even the camels and giraffes who would OBVIOUSLY ravishly attack the feds

This is the article I read on the matter

Ohio Exotic Release