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The Reptile Guy is out of business.

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The plight of The Reptile Guy Mike Hopcraft is no secret. He made world headlines when he moved an Alligator and swiftly was charged for it but now that is the least of the reptile worlds worries. Unfortunately do to government regulations Mike is forced to go out of business and will no longer be providing  his awesome service to the community. Unfortunately it is not legal for Mike to sell the reptiles at his shelter and equally as unfortunate he can no longer afford the rend on the building. He has been working with Zoos trying to find homes for the animals but it is not an easy task. DRN would like to reach out to the viewers and visitor of this website and ask if you could spare some change. If so go check out Mikes website below and make a donation.

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Man charge with keeping venomous snakes.

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39 year old Kevin A. Castle of Fort Pierce has been charged with a first-degree misdemeanor punishable by up to one year in jail and up to a $1,000 fine. He was also issued two warnings for improper caging after Florida FWC Officers found an EDB on his back porch in an unlocked enclosure on January 28th. Authorities said the cage was not properly marked or secured and the charged stemmed from a tip from an unknown person. Once again folks the laws in cases like this are very clear. You need a permit and have regulations to follow such as securing and marking the enclosures properly. I feel no pity for the people who get caught doing this I just with the penalties were larger to help sway people like this from further destroying our hobby and tightening up already crappy restrictions on it.

Thailand’s biggest lizard poacher arrested.

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Thai police raided Boonlue Prasitsom’s warehouse finding more than 200 lizards in water filled tanks. It is believed that Boonlue was planning to smuggle the lizards to China. Officials believe Boonlue has been poaching lizards for more than ten years and is one of the countries biggest offenders. Last week Indonesian officials also busted a man carrying hundreds of reptiles in luggage.

Overgrown Crocodile for sale.

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Ms Sandstrom who dose reptile shows at schools, parties and other functions says her 2.6m long croc named Snappy will be sold as he is to large and dangerous for her to handle anymore. Snappy will be replaced by 2 smaller Crocodiles. I really have to speak out on this one. A pet is a pet for life not just until it gets to big and inconvenient for you. Stories like this are all to common in America and it really pisses me off to hear of this one. I mean what the heck did she expect the Salt Water Crocodile to stay small forever. I honestly think she should not be allowed to keep them anymore if they are so meaningless to her that she can just dump them when they get to big. Like it or not but I dont care, this is one of those stories that I really do not like to tell. I equally hate to give the website a plug but everyone should go there and tell her how much of an immature keeper she really is, check the link below.

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Connecticut cracking down on exotic pets

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We have all heard the story back in 2009 where the woman was mauled by a Chimp in Connecticut. Well now the sate is trying to ban exotic animals including Pythons. A bunch of animal enthusiasts, shop owners and exhibitors voiced their concern at a public hearing on the issue. The Maritime aquarium even said that under the proposed law they would no longer be considered an aquarium and some of their exhibits would become illegal. This folks is what we need to stop. A Chip is not a snake and I am offended that they have to pick on everyone for one morons mistake. Contact info for the DEP is below, please contact them in a responsible manor and voice your opinion no matter if you live in the state or not.

Mailing Address: Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
79 Elm Street
Hartford, CT  06106-5127
General Information: 860-424-3000
E-mail:
dep.webmaster@ct.gov (Please include your name, postal mail address and telephone number in any e-mail inquiries.  In many cases it would be most efficient to respond to you by telephone or postal mail.)

Audubon Society seeks scholarship applicants

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The Bedford Audubon Society is seeking applicants for its 2011 Marty McGuire Scholarship. I past some of the grant has been used for reptile and amphibian research at Audubon’s summer camp in Vermont. The money, up to $1,000 can be used for course registration and materials or project related expenses. The application for the grant can be found online at

http://www.bedfordaudubon.org/documents/marty-mcguire_scholarship11.pdf. The deadline for application is April 15.