I TOTALLY agree! I use to have a girlfriend who had an iguana. She always wanted to let it run free in the house. I said, NO. Eventually I got rid of the iguana by getting rid of the girlfriend.
Haha, being afraid of an iguana, that’s funny. :)
Pet dogs kill more people than snakes do. Even Chihuahuas, Pomeranians and Dachshunds have all KILLED children.
If you’re gonna ban snakes from being kept as pets because of “omg think of the children”, ban dogs as well - ALL of them. They all can kill. No animal is 100% predictable. More people are mauled or killed by the FAMILY dog than loose/feral dogs. There’s always the chance that little Timmy may step on Rover’s tail and he bites him in the face, or worse.
Millions of people have pet dogs and take that risk. Does that make them bad parents?
I love dogs, but I even think they are more inherently dangerous than some of the larger snakes kept as pets, and a hundred times more dangerous than a corn snake or ball python (I do not think there have been any cases of anyone being killed by these two species), which are the most common pet snakes.
Snakes are not territorial like dogs. A snake will not hop a fence or chase you down and maul you because it thinks you’re an intruder. They are cold-blooded and built to conserve energy, and spend most of their time hiding or basking.
Snakes only kill when they are hungry. Dogs attack and kill for fun and to chase away intruders. In fact, it is not uncommon for pet snakes to be injured or killed by their prey if the snake is not hungry and the prey animal is left in the tank with them.
I’m sure many people here wouldn’t want all breeds of dogs banned because they *personally* like certain dogs, yet want all snakes and other exotic pets (that are less dangerous than dogs) banned because they *personally* do not like them. Not really any different than crazy liberals wanting to ban guns, Bibles or other things just because they don’t like them.
To me, it would be better to require anyone with a large constrictor to obtain a permit, get their pet chipped, and have someone inspect the cage it will be kept in. The snake in the article was kept incorrectly. Keeping dogs incorrectly (chained up and no socialization) leads to tragic accidents as well.
Meh, people are so hypocritical.