The fact that you can walk into almost any exotic pet shop or reptile expo and pick up a venomous snake like a cobra or eastern brown without a licence, you know something that will kill you if you get bitten. Seriously guys wtf?
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Put 'em all on a plane.
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It always comes back to money
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Serious business. Kiyo: Educating the masses and making the world a better place, one thread at a time.
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You're just jealous that my pet can kill an elephant with one bite and yours can't.
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Implying a license would help with anything.
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I remember the days where if you got yourself killed by doing something stupid it was your own damn fault.
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You know what I find more scary? Pet owners that put peanut butter on their balls and let their dogs lick away. I have heard some stories. Hilarious ones.
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As if we have as many exotic pet shops as we have Mcdonalds. You're just jealous you can't be guillotine choked by a venomous serpent while eating a triple stack cheeseburger.
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The more people who don't know how to keep exotic animals, the more darwin awards and stupid people to laugh at.
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Ban pencils. They can stab your eyes out.
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Pet stores in general suck. As mentioned already, the condition those animals are left in are pretty shit anyway. Even exotic animals can be found through good, reputable breeders and those breeders would screen the people who want to purchase those animals to make sure they are willing and capable of taking care of an animal with specials needs. I don't think licensure to own a particular animal is the right way to go. Perhaps a registration that documents who owns what so you know your ass will be on the line if something happens and the animal gets out...I dunno I just have a cat and some hermit crabs.
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Good, if some fools purchase something lethal without educating themselves I will not feel sorry in the least.
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The part I find disturbing is the poor conditions pets stores tend to keep their animals in. I almost want to buy them all just to get the poor things out of those shit-holes.
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A dog can kill you too So can a steak knife
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Kiyo, it's America.... what do you expect.
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Pretty sure they get their dogs from puppy mills too.
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This is absolutely not true. - Der
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Some people like having personal freedoms, just saying.
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You're retarded shadows, but given that this another obvious troll thread, I won't even bother taking it seriously.
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THE RIGHT TO OWN BEARS WITH ARMS SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED! MUH LIBERTIES! MUH FREEDOM! MUH KING COBRA THAT HAS KILLED 3 PEOPLE ALREADY!
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Shut up shadows.
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That...actually is not true.
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Go away shadows
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cats and dogs and mice and pufferfish and raccoons can kill you too so what?
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muh freedoms