Governor Matt Mead signed a bill into law that now include pet cruelty as a crime. I am kind of surprised it wasn’t already in Wyoming. Apparently with laws getting voted in and repealed there was a void where no particular law covered cruelty of animal pets. Senate File 100 is suppose to close said loopholes that were left from Senate File 10. In a surprising discovery I guess the American Kennel Club actually apposed adding puppy mills and animal hoarders to the bill hmmmm. The definition according to the state is people now are committing a crime if the keep a household pet in a way that causes “chronic or repeated serious physical harm,” Also defined by the state, a household pet is defined as any dog, cat, rabbit, guinea pig, hamster, mouse, gerbil, ferret, bird, fish, reptile, amphibian, invertebrate or any other species of domesticated animal kept as a pet. The state will be diverting $100,000 from its operating account to help cover enforcement of the new law.
What to do and how to do it.
Well I suppose this is the blog at least one person is waiting for. BTW sorry I know its late. Baby had to go see the doc today, she has an ear infection so I have been a little to busy but now its 8:30, all three kids are snoring, wife is snoring and I am laying in bed with my trusty netbook. Anyway to the point. I have met with many business people this week. I cant tell you how many meetings I had had and to be honest I have talked to so many people I don’t even remember their names. The main idea of these meetings have been how realistic it is to make DRN profitable and continue doing it full time. In all honest none of these meetings really helped at all and I have been sitting here going crazy over the decision. Basically the idea is one of 2 things are going to happen. Ether hit it hard and give 110% and make it happen or back off and focus my attention in another area and that is the whole point of this blog post. One thing is for sure, while I sit here and debate the decision up until the last possible minute, even as I type this. Once I go to bed things will never be the same, tomorrow will be a new day with a new direction. The main question is will that direction be working the DRN or not. I have always said that worst case I will NEVER stop doing DRN and still stand by that but the question is how far will it have to be cut back.
I have literally sat here for 20 minutes thinking of the best way to end this post and the only way I can think of is by saying thank you for the support, its been a fun run, see you tomorrow.
400lb Crocodile gets his foot fixed
6 staff members of the Virginia Aquarium and a vet got to work on the foot of a 400 pound Crocodile today. The procedure was actually two where first they removed a wart on the bottom of the Crocodiles foot and then second injected antibiotics into the the stub of a removed toenail the size of a shotgun shell. As a measure agenst infection they also put superglue on the tips of her other nails.
Nordrhein-Westfalen/Germany list of dangerous animals
Tomorrow the government of „Nordrhein-Westfalen/Germany“ talking about a new List of dangerous animals. Here is their list Word has it that you can apply for a permit, but only with important interests like a doctoral thesis
nach § 43a Abs. 1 Satz 2 HSOG
Arthropod (Arthropoda)
Insects (Insecta)
Reduviidae: Platymeris biguttata, Platymeris radamanthus
Scorpions (Scorpiones)
Buthidae:Androctonus, Buthacus, Buthotus, Buthus, Centruroides, Compsobuthus, Hottentotta, Leirus, Leiurus, Lychas, Mesobuthus, Orthochirus, Parabuthus, Tityus, Buthidae, Uroplectes
Verschiedene:Bothriurus, Hemiscorpius, Nebo, Vaejovis
(Web-)Spiders (Araneae)
Hexathelidae (Funnel-web spider ): Atrax, Hadronyche, Macrothele
Sparassidae (Riesenkrabbenspinnen; Huntsmen): Delena, Isopeda, Olios, Pandercetes, Pediana, Saotes, Typostola Theraphosidae (Tarantulas ): Harpactirella, Poecilotheria, Pterinochilus, Selenocosmia, Stromatopelma Various : Cteniza, Idiommata, Ixeuticus, Lampona, Latrodectus, Loxosceles, Missulena, Miturga, Phoneutria, Phrynarachne, Sicarius, Trechona
Vertebrates (Vertebrata)
Frogs and Toads (Anura)
Dendrobatidae (Poison dart frogs / tree frogs ): Phyllobates terribilis (Schrecklicher Blattsteiger)
Crocodiles (Crocodilia): all
Lizards (Lacertilia)
Monitor family (familia) Varanidae:
species:
Varanus griseus, Varanus niloticus, Varanus bengalensis, Varanus salvator, Varanus komodoensis, Varanus albigularis, Varanus giganteus, Varanus gouldii, Varanus salvadorii, Grey`s Waran (Varanus olivaceus), Varanus varius;
Important: other monitors (Varanidae), when adult body length without tail over 60 cm
Iguano family (familia) Iguanidae:
species Rhinoceros Iguana (Cyclura cornuta);
Important: other Iguanos (Varanidae), when adult body length without tail over 60 cm
Helodermatidae (Gila monsters ): Heloderma (Gila monsters )
Snakes (Serpentes):
Boidae (Giant snakes ): Eunectes (Anakonda), Liasis amethistinus (Amethystpython), Liasis olivaceus (Olivpython), Python reticulatus (Netzpython), Python sebeae (Rockpython), ever other python who grows over 3 meter
Colubridae – Boiginae (Trugnattern): Dispholidus (Boomslang), Thelotornis
Elapidae (Poisonous Adders ):) Acanthophis (Death adder ), Aspidelaps (Shield cobras ), Austrelaps (Australian copperheads ), Boulengerina watercobras), Bungarus (Kraits), Calliophis (Oriental coral snakes), Dendroaspis (Mambas), Hemachatus (Ring-necked cobras ), Hoplocephalus ( various), Leptomicrurus (Coral snakes ), Maticora (Abdominal glands otters )
Viperidae – Crotalinae (Pit vipers ): Micrurus (Real coral snakes ), Naja (True cobras ), Notechis (Tiger otters ), Ophiophagus (king cobra), Oxyuranus (Taipans), Pseudechis (Black otter ), Pseudonaja (Australian bill cobras ), Tropidechis (Rough scaled snake), Walterinnesia (desert cobras), Agkistrodon (Triangle head otters ), Atropoides (Jumping lance viper ), Bothriechis (Palm lance viper ), Bothrops (Lance viper ), Calloselasma (Malayische Mokassinotter), Crotalus (Rattlesnakes ), Deinagkistrodon (Chinese nose viper ), Gloydius (Japan Mamushi), Hypnale (Ind. Hump nose pit vipers ), Lachesis (Bushmaster), Protobothrops, Sistrurus (dwarf rattlesnake), Trimeresurus (Asian otters , Asian (Pit vipers ), Tropidolaemus (Waglers Lance viper )
Viperidae – Viperinae (Vipers): Atheris (Bush vipers ), Atractaspis (ground vipers), Bitis (Puff adders ), Cerastes (Horned vipers ), Daboia (Chain Vipers ), Echis (Sand Rattle otters ), Eristicophis (Macmahon-Vipers), Macrovipera (Levanteadders), Proatheris (Sump vipers ), Pseudocerastes (Wore horn Vipers )
turtles (Testudinata/Chelonia)
Chelydridae (Snapping turtles / alligator turtles ): Chelydra serpentina (Snapping turtles), Macrochelys temminckii
Mammals (Mammalia)
Primates (Primates)
Pongidae (Apes ): Pongo (Orang-Utans), Gorilla (Gorillas), Pan (Chimpanzees )
Predators (Carnivora)
Canidae (dogs): Canis lupus, without Canis lupus f. familiaris (Wolf, excluding domestic dogs )
American Bulldog, American Staffordshire Terrier, Bandog, Bullmastiff, Bullterrier, Cane Corso,
Dogo Argentino, Dogue de Bordeaux, Fila Brasileiro, Kaukasischer Owtscharka, Mastiff,
Mastín Espanol, Mastino Napoletano, American Pitbull Terrier, Rottweiler, Staffordshire Bullterrier
Tosu Inu
Felidae (cats): Acinonyx jubatus (Cheetah ), Panthera (Big Cats ), Lynx, Leopardus pardalis (Ocelot), Neofelis nebulosa (Clouded leopard , Puma concolor (Pumas)
Ursidae bears:all
In search for African Rock Pythons
According to scientists, a small colony of African Rock Pythons are concentrated to a 6 square mile area east of Miccosukee Resort & Gaming casino in Miami-Dade County and they are trying to do something about it. The expeditions to collect and eradicate them has found only 20 animals since it started back in 2009, Fortunately for the Pythons, Tuesdays expedition did not turn up any snakes.
DRN show gets 1,020 subscribers, website gets 3,000 visits.
Well the show hit 1,020 subscribers today which is awesome but equally as awesome is the website at press time was right up to 3,000 visitors for today. It makes me very happy that so many people are taking advantage of the hard work that goes into it. Hopefully it will keep on growing the way it is and in no time big things will start to happen. Thank you everyone for the support and for helping spread the word.
SF getting sued over golf course
A group of environmental advocacy organizations kept their side of the deal by filing a lawsuit today claiming that the city of San Fransisco violated environmental species acts at the Sharp Park Golf Course. A 60-day intent to sue was issued on November 18th of last year but papers were finally filed today in the United States District Court. Wild Equity the Center for Biological Diversity, National Parks Conservation Association, Surfrider Foundation, Sequoia Audubon Society and the Sierra Club are plaintiffs in the case. “Getting a permit to kill species for golf is an absurd thing for the city to do,” said Neal Desai, associate director of the National Parks Conservation Association. “Not to mention that it’s highly unlikely the federal government would allow it.” Among the demands are to create a habitat restoration agenda for Sharp Park that dose not include golf. Environmentalists claim that frog eggs are damaged when the park is pumped out after floods. The complaint says the city and county of San Fransisco are unlawfully killing frogs and snakes in violation of the Endangered Species Act (“ESA”), 16 U.S.C. §§ 1531-1544