Posts Tagged ‘Burmese python’

Florida Exotic Pet Trade Under Fire

Saturday, November 27th, 2010

 A piece in the Sun Sentinel on the South Florida exotic pet biz this weekend (includes reference to Strictly Reptiles:  “From 2004 until April of this year, Strictly Reptiles imported 558,060 reptiles, 172,892 spiders and 161,597 amphibians, according to federal records.”)

Included with the story is this fascinating database which enables you to see who is shipping what from where to whom…  (My check of the DB suggests it’s far from comprehensive but it is still fascinating.)  And this map of major sources of supply(more…)

Pythons: the New Wolves

Saturday, March 6th, 2010

The Florida python debate in today’s New York Times.

Salazar Seeks Slither Stop

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

In a proposal yesterday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar followed efforts led by Florida legislators Congressman Kendrick Meek and Senator Bill Nelson to ban import and trade of “giant snakes”–big pythons, boa constrictors, and anacondas.  (I know, trade is allowed within states but that’s insignificant.) 

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