State Senator To File a Bill To Ban Burmese Pythons
Florida State Senator Eleanor Sobel plans to file a bill that would crush the Burmese python pet market by making it illegal to own this snake. Senator Sobel says it will “save our fragile environment and the people of Florida.” For the many snake lovers like myself, I think this is outrageous. How many people die each year from snakes? Very few relative to the deaths from other animals. The Burmese python makes a great pet. I had one myself a few years back. I am sure this is a result of the two year old that was suffocated recently by a python. I do sympathize with the family, but is one isolated tragedy reason enough to ban this great snake as a pet? If they ban this snake as a pet, it will cause snake owners to turn them loose before they ever turn them over to the authorities to have killed. I wonder if the politicians have considered this possibility.
