People view snakes as requiring minimum care. This is not true at all; snakes require very special care from temperature to housing, diet, and health. What makes a snake make a good pet? They are quiet and docile, and most snakes are easy to handle. They are also clean and odorless. The owners must accept responsibility for keeping these animals in a safe and secure habitat. In most areas, the .. more …
COLUMBUS ” Lions and tigers and bears ” oh no. They’re not allowed in the city.Other exotic animals are, however, if owners follow the rules.A dozen Columbus residents currently hold exotic animal permits for species ranging from parrots and macaws to bearded dragons, snakes and chinchillas.While Lead Animal Control Officer Donna Winig says there have been no issues with the current owners of .. more …
COMMENTARY The protection of people, animal and plants is threatened on a daily basis by irresponsible exotic pet owners. All exotic animals are not dangerous and all owners are not irresponsible, but stricter state laws are necessary to protect native wildlife and unsuspecting residents. When dangerous exotic pets escape, children playing on a backyard swing set are placed in grave danger. Even .. more …
Exotic Pet Amnesty Day in Florida is designed to protect the Everglades ecosystem from invasive non-native species and has saved hundreds of unwanted animals in the process. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission allows owners of even illegal exotic animals to turn them in at the Miami Zoo once a year without penalty or fee, according to CBS Miami. Here are some facts about the .. more …
Not everybody has a cat or a dog as a pet, but there are some animals the state says simply shouldn’t be pets. Later this month, you will have the chance to turn in your exotic animal without penalty.On March 1, the state expanded the list of exotic animals that are prohibited as pets , which includes alligators, snakes such as pythons, some lizards, serval cats and wolves.On March 31, the state .. more …
Has your pet alligator outgrown the bathtub? Or your gibbon torn up the house?Under new state regulations, neither of those animals can be kept by individuals as pets, but Connecticut officials will hold a “no questions asked” Exotic Animal Amnesty Day on March 31 at Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport . The amnesty event will allow residents who own prohibited animals to surrender their illegal pets .. more …
As state and federal lawmakers continue to wrestle with proposed legislation on exotic pet ownership and trade , one Florida man has built a small-business empire around keeping exotic animals, their owners and their neighbors safe.Mitch Kalmanson is the wild animal insurance guy, selling sometimes gigantic, multimillion-dollar policies to insure the owners of nature’s most ferocious animals and .. more …
A Republican state senator from Zanesville, the eastern Ohio city where the animals were shot, had planned to introduce a bill this week but then said it was not ready. There is no new timetable for the measure.”What’s it going to take, everyone, to pass a bill? Someone else getting killed?” Hanna said during his remarks to an Ohio newspaper trade group.Hanna, a former Columbus Zoo director who .. more …
This is especially true, if you have an exotic pet or exotic pets. We all know we need to keep up on educating ourselves on their care, new information comes out daily. If we are contemplating a new exotic pet we need to learn as much as possible about this little critter before we ever considering acquiring one.If you enjoy reading novels, magazines, or newspapers, they are all available on .. more …
The Ohio man who killed himself after the release of dozens of lions, bears and other exotic animals from his zoo improvised tens of thousands in taxes and have had recently separated from his wife, CBS News. Terry Thompson and his little-to-be-ex wife, Marian Thompson was $ 68 000 in unpaid taxes, according to court documents. "It was really beyond what I could do," said Kenny Hetrick, .. more …
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