A disturbing trend, really disturbing

[KITKAT]

Would this be as relevant if he returned the snakes to where he got them? They should know the territory and unless they were introduced to disease which is probably unlikely, it doesn't seem so bad in this case.

The laws in Ohio regarding re-release make perfect sense.

1. You must release within thirty days.

2. The herp you are releasing must not have had contact with any other herp during that period of captivity.

I have bent that rule with the release of the babies and their mother, since obviously the babies CAME from the mother and would not have picked up a non-native disease or parasite from her.

[Garter_Gertie]

Here's something else I just thought of. Find out when that law came on the books and *why.*

MN used to have a similar law - a bounty - on rattlesnakes. It's since been removed due to it being so archaic and rattlers are now, in fact, endangered. Not to mention there have been no fatal bites [to farmers, or anyone else for that matter] in the last 120 years or so.

Anyway, possibly that's the reason or something similar Maine still has that law. That should be fairly easy to research and assist in getting the law changed.

[Garter_Gertie]

Eh. We all go off the deep end when frustrated, irritated, angry. We're all only human. I appreciate your apology. That was very nice of you. Thanks!

I'm with you 100%; just against you breaking the law as there are reasons laws are in place. That doesn't mean that laws shouldn't be changed when they're no longer valid.

That's just me.

But, what if you DID get law(s) changed? What if you HAD the info to back you? What if you DID lobby for new laws? Just think how proud you'd be.

Good luck. Maybe we'll read about you in the papers!