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[Snakers]

kingsnake.com Classifieds: FLORIDA'S FINEST GARTERS, RIBBONS, AND WATER SNAKES!
Seriously who ever collected these garter snakes needs to get a real job, stuff like this p****s me off, collecting a load of wild animals just to make cash!?

[Snakers]

bump, i really want someone else to look at this

[adamanteus]

It happens all the time. It really should be made illegal.

[Snakers]

It happens all the time. It really should be made illegal.

Thank you! People like this is what ruins species and the eco-system its self

[adamanteus]

Don't get me started on people 'harvesting' like this, just to turn a quick profit. In the UK this is illegal. All our domestic species are protected, some more than others, but is illegal to collect and sell any of them.

[Snakers]

Well I can understand taking in a snake from the wild as a pet but this is jut overdoing it!

[ConcinusMan]

I've seen that lots of times on that site. I mean, how is this not illegal? Look, I might not be totally innocent (not saying I'm guilty either) but that's a bit excessive. Sounds like this guy just rounded up every snake he could catch and put them all up for sale.

It would be one thing if a few were collected to be sent to improve bloodlines for established breeders, but gathering all you can to sell as pets to make a few bucks is pretty sickening.

Florida actually allows this?

I looked into it and found this directly on the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission website:


"Florida requires permits for wildlife possession, exhibition and sale."

Wildlife Not Requiring a Permit


The following species do not require a permit for personal possession as long as no other Rule or Statute applies. Examples include, but are not limited to, rules for Threatened or Endangered Species:

1. Reptiles, amphibians (nonvenomous native species that are not listed as endangered, threatened, species of special concern, or otherwise regulated; nonvenomous nonnative species not listed as Reptiles of Concern)

It doesn't say whether or not a permit is required for this person to do this but it sounds like it's perfectly legal. Somebody needs to close a loophole if one exists, otherwise, it's open season for collecting and selling native snakes that are not endangered.

[Snakers]

I've seen that lots of times on that site. I mean, how is this not illegal? Look, I might not be totally innocent (not saying I'm guilty either) but that's a bit excessive. Sounds like this guy just rounded up every snake he could catch and put them all up for sale.

It would be one thing if a few were collected to be sent to improve bloodlines for established breeders, but gathering all you can to sell as pets to make a few bucks is pretty sickening.

Florida actually allows this?

Florida is actually laid back compared to most states.

[Ameivaboy]

I dont understand the big deal- on the one hand - yes it sucks to be pulling animals out of the wild- on the other- where do you think your snakes came from (or the snakes that produced yours) ? Sort of hypocritical.

[Snakers]

I dont understand the big deal- on the one hand - yes it sucks to be pulling animals out of the wild- on the other- where do you think your snakes came from (or the snakes that produced yours) ? Sort of hypocritical.

Yeah but we didn't pull out 100 snakes at once from an area