Because I want to get everyone important news as soon as I can I wanted to toss this little extra in here today and let everyone know that Dodge City, Kansas is banning some reptiles. I read over the list which is Alligators, Crocodiles, Komodo Dragons Anaconda’s Caiman’s and Monitor Lizards. City Clerk Nannette Pogue said the reason for revisiting the list was because of a recent court case involving someone who was keeping an Alligator. While some reptiles are allowed to be kept they said no constrictors larger than 6 feet in length were legal. It is also currently not legal to keep any Venomous animals. For the most part the list almost seems on par for everything going on today but what caught my interest was when they listed Monitors as I know several people that keep smaller Monitors and those of course will fall under this new law because is says “Monitor Lizard’s” and dose not spell out and specific Monitors.
Category Archives: Snakes
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Obama Administration Denies Protection to Knoxville Area Salamander
Crocodile knocks hole in metal fishing boat
Rivals say protecting endangered lizard threatens oil, gas industries
Rattlesnake Bites Woman as Roundup Ends
Indonesian Police Hunt Missing Komodo Dragons
Cottonmouth Viper \’Spit\’ Sends National Zoo Employee to Hospital
West Alabama Reptile Expo April 16th-17th
The West Alabama Reptile Expo, hosted by Will and Angie Pridmore (proud owners of Dixie Pythons & Boas) is designed to be educational and entertaining. From inception: the goal of the expo has been to bring a family oriented atmosphere with quality vendors to a comfortable and convenient location: offering a variety of educational experiences, animals, and supplies to the greater Birmingham, Al. area.
Whether you’re looking for quality animals, supplies, or just a fun weekend outing with the family, this expo is designed for you. Looking forward to seeing you!!!
*A portion of the proceeds from each expo helps support USARK and other organizations that promote awareness, education, and responsible care. These organizations work to protect the animals and our individual rights.
Pakistan Anti-venom Production Project
The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences has started a project to produce Anti-venom to help people in Pakistan who get bitten by snakes. About fifty thousand people per year die in Pakistan from snake bites. About 90% of those who die do so because of the lack of availability of the life saving substance. They believe if it were produced at the local level that it can mean far more lives being saved. Currently they import it from India but its only useful for one type of snake bite. The believe that producing it locally they can make it available for all 4 kinds of bites that they see and not only that. it will sell for about Rs400. Currently the imported
Anti-venom sells for about Rs1,900
Over 24,000 reptiles relocated
A container ship terminal is being built in Wiltshire but first there were some residents that had to be relocated. The move of the adders, grass snakes, lizards and slow worms has been organized by the Swindon-based Environment Bank Limited. The relocation though was not a local one as Robert Gillespie the companies president said
“We would have preferred to have found a more local home for the reptiles, But in this instance these sites in Wiltshire were the only ones we could identify with an environment that is almost perfect from day one.”
One of the news homes for the animals was an old military base.
“The area of land links up four of the trust’s neighboring reserves including Clattinger Farm, Oaksey Moor Farm Meadow, Swillbrook Lakes and Sandpool Farm,” said Wiltshire Wildlife Trust’s Magz Knight.
“Before any translocation is done the receptor sites are checked because obviously you don’t want to bring a load of new reptiles in if there’s already a population there that is the maximum amount you should have for that kind of habitat.”
About 690 snakes, 17,000 lizards and 6,000 slow worms were collected by hand and relocated.
Mr Gillespie said they still have another 3 years of monitoring the animals to do but so far its been a great success.
Reptiles seized at US border.
On Thursday Customs officers seized dozens of reptile at the B&M International Bridge while someone tried to bring them into America. The animals were declared and during inspection officers found 52 live reptiles. According to authorities they did not have the proper documents required by CBP and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The snakes and lizards were turned over to the Gladys Porter Zoo. No charges have been filed yet against the traveler.