Facebook Group: "World Protection For Snakes.

Up until last night I was a member of the Facebook group: "World Protection For Snakes - It's All About The Snakes."

After I recieved two email messages from the group yesterday, I decided to leave the group. The messages were regarding the Python Hunt in Florida. They had a very PETA/HSUS-ish feel to them. Especially these parts:

"The whole program could also be used to raise awareness about the problems of buying animals from the exotic pet trade..."

"Many people who buy exotics do not take care of them and that is how this invasive species problem started."

"If nothing else I hope that the problem with the pythons in the Florida everglades will help encourage people not to support the exotic pet trade..."

I assume most of the members here do not subscribe to the PETA/HSUS philosophy, so I figured I would share this in case any of you were members of this Facebook group.

PETA dont like me at all. They sent me all kind of cool things from mailing lables to can coozies. I felt it would be nice to send them a lucky rabbits foot. I got a bit hate letter back. I was just trying to be nice. Dont have no idea why they dont like me now.

When I log into Facebook I'll delete there group. I am mainly sick of seeing the same messages sent to me twice and a few times throughout the day. VERY annoying.

Originally Posted by TailsWithScales

When I log into Facebook I'll delete there group. I am mainly sick of seeing the same messages sent to me twice and a few times throughout the day. VERY annoying.

Christine,

I know what you mean. I have the mobile alerts turned on, so I get a text message everytime they send a message... Annoying as

Hello..

My name is Richard from the World Protection for Snakes, I have been reading all your comments on here and I would like to start off and apologise if I have caused offence any way possible.

It is feedback like this that the most valuable to me especially with the amount of messages that are sent from my group. I have recently joined forces with Matt Ellerbeck - (the snake man on Facebook) .

I decided it would be great to en-role him as a admin to my group because i was aware of his many years of hands on snake experience, but I was unaware at the time of the Python Hunt messages he was sending from my group as i did only inform him that i would only be raising awareness on my website about as a whole on the Python ban and the hunt. I will be instructing him now to only send messages from this own group.

The Florida Everglades is truly amazing from what i have experienced last year and is steeped in natural beauty, what's more the Burmese Python is alien to these surroundings, now i personally believe that this is a very sensitive subject as i adore all snakes but the stem of the problem I think it is the ex-owners fault for just releasing them in to this alien habitat.

I just get very upset when reading more news that snakes are shot dead in the python hunt but i also get upset because i know that these snakes do not belong here and is devastating for all parties concerned for the Everglades.

The WPFS aims to be to a world wide organisation in snake conservation work, I am already studying back home here in the UK the British Adder numbers here are not so healthy as they where 10 years ago. But in my favour they are a protected species as they come under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

I am i have herd of PETA but not of HSUS but i do not know anything about both of them as the UK as different animal laws and rights.

I hope that you can see the WPFS in a different point of view as I along want what is best for all snakes as they are beautiful animals and they deserve as much right to be on this earth as we do and treated with respect.

Thanks for your previous support though for all you that have left the group, i am just sorry to have caused upset.

Richard x

Hello..

My name is Richard from the World Protection for Snakes, I have been reading all your comments on here and I would like to start off and apologise if I have caused offence any way possible.

It is feedback like this that the most valuable to me especially with the amount of messages that are sent from my group. I have recently joined forces with Matt Ellerbeck - (the snake man on Facebook) .

I decided it would be great to en-role him as a admin to my group because i was aware of his many years of hands on snake experience, but I was unaware at the time of the Python Hunt messages he was sending from my group as i did only inform him that i would only be raising awareness on my website about as a whole on the Python ban and the hunt. I will be instructing him now to only send messages from this own group.

The Florida Everglades is truly amazing from what i have experienced last year and is steeped in natural beauty, what's more the Burmese Python is alien to these surroundings, now i personally believe that this is a very sensitive subject as i adore all snakes but the stem of the problem I think it is the ex-owners fault for just releasing them in to this alien habitat.

I just get very upset when reading more news that snakes are shot dead in the python hunt but i also get upset because i know that these snakes do not belong here and is devastating for all parties concerned for the Everglades.

The WPFS aims to be to a world wide organisation in snake conservation work, I am already studying back home here in the UK the British Adder numbers here are not so healthy as they where 10 years ago. But in my favour they are a protected species as they come under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.

I am i have herd of PETA but not of HSUS but i do not know anything about both of them as the UK as different animal laws and rights.

I hope that you can see the WPFS in a different point of view as all I want is what is best for all snakes as they are beautiful animals, and they deserve as much right to be on this earth as we do and to be treated with respect.

Thanks for your previous support though for all you that have left the group, i am just sorry to have caused upset.

Richard x