by bubblesharp » Thu May 19, 2011 3:10 pm
Jip you are right it is his choice, unfortunately, if something goes wrong you suffer with him, maybe not medically but believe me you do not want to watch a loved one go through that! Unfortunately our choices affect a lot more people than we care to admit. People close to some one that got bitten suffer with him, It makes a huge dent in medical aid funds, and government funds if you go to a public hospital. Then the medical aid puts a disclaimer in the contract that they will not cover any snake bites any longer. Then government says, hey these people are costing us way to much, lets ban exotic venomous snakes, the ball gets rolling, people get pissed off, threaten to release their snakes in SA, then government come back and says oh yeah, well now just ban all exotic reptiles, and our hobby dies.
Is is that impossible? I don't think so, just look at how difficult it is already to keep certain species in the Western and Northern Cape, Pretty soon everyone in SA will need a permit to keep any venomous snake. and soon after that a permit for every single reptile. This is not what we want and if we can make a fool of every single person out there that is dumb enough to put it on FB, then the general public will soon see that WE the majority of the reptile community WILL NOT stand for or be associated with irresponsible people.
If you do it because it is your own choice, fine, but please don't take pics and post in public sites, and when you get bitten, then don't go spend all our taxes on your treatments, pay for it yourself, it was your choice after all not mine. I do not know any free handlers in the hobby, and I am sure that most of you are actually really fun guys to be around with, but if you do something that can damage the things I love, because its your CHOICE... well you may have a very good personality, but very poor character!
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