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Ohio "Dangerous Wild Animal" Ban

airenlow

airenlow

hope is not a strategy
Looks like I'll be moving to Kentucky if stuff hits the fan...

http://www.reptilechannel.com/repti...nor-orders-ban-on-dangerous-wild-animals.aspx

Ohio Governor Orders Ban on 'Dangerous Wild Animals'
Outgoing Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has ordered a ban on 'dangerous wild animals.'

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Boa Constrictor
The outgoing Ohio governor's ban includes large constricting and venomous snakes, as well as crocodilians and other exotic animals.

Outgoing Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland issued an emergency executive order yesterday that bans new private ownership of “dangerous wild animals,” including certain snakes.

Specifically, the order authorizes the Ohio Department of Natural Resources’ Division of Wildlife to immediately adopt a rule that prevents new private ownership of dangerous wild animals, which include big cats, bears, wolves, nonhuman primates, large constricting and venomous snakes, and crocodilians. Individuals who already own such animals will be allowed to keep them if they register with the state, but they will be barred from breeding or selling the animals. Exemptions are provided for zoos, research facilities and permitted rehabilitation facilities.

The governor’s office said the executive order is the result of an agreement between the state’s agricultural leaders and the Humane Society of the United States. The agreement had kept the HSUS from undergoing a ballot initiative aimed at imposing new animal welfare standards at farms.

“This action fulfills my responsibilities within the agreement that will keep Ohio’s vital agriculture industry profitable while appropriately updating animal care standards,” Strickland said in a statement. “This rule will help protect Ohioans from deaths and serious injuries caused by attacks from dangerous wild animals held in private ownership.”

These emergency rules will be in place until March 6, 2011. Gov.-elect John Kasich, who is scheduled to be sworn into office on Monday, Jan. 10, 2011, said he supports the ban in theory, according to news reports.
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I work Texas Parks and Wildlife. Years ago I think in 1997 we passed the responsibility of the "Dangerous Wid Aninmal" Act down to the county, city, etc level. Some counties/cities adopted ordinances some didn't. Some have very vague yet strict ordinances. I call it a shot gun effect. It's ridiculous. I can understand the ban on medium to large mammals and venoumous reptiles/amphibians. It's ridiculous to even think constrictors are a risk to agriculture any where in the US.
 
megaggie2002 said:
I work Texas Parks and Wildlife. Years ago I think in 1997 we passed the responsibility of the "Dangerous Wid Aninmal" Act down to the county, city, etc level. Some counties/cities adopted ordinances some didn't. Some have very vague yet strict ordinances. I call it a shot gun effect. It's ridiculous. I can understand the ban on medium to large mammals and venoumous reptiles/amphibians. It's ridiculous to even think constrictors are a risk to agriculture any where in the US.
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Well in florida pythons and other large snakes that were released into the wild are beginning to have an impact on there sarroundings.


But up in places like Ohio I agree, I dont see how they would make it through the winters. I can see maby Venomus snakes, but constrictors? Its not like they are ganna run rampit through the streets. not to mention the fact that through out alot of the lower 48 we have venomus snakes in most states. I guess next we should limit how much people can go out into the woods because they may run into a wolf or venomus snakes. How far are they going to go?


And another thing that I found kind of funny in there it states "And including any nonhuman primates" so does that meen you can keep people as pets? lol
 
Spelling words of the day

Surroundings
Maybe
Venomous
Gonna / Going To
Rampant


Sorry to be nitpicking, but I would hope a 25 year old would spell a little better, or at least use the spell check feature of this site, than my 11 year old son, who correctly spelled all those words.
 
Im sorry, often times when I get to typing I sometimes think faster then I type and slip up on my spelling. I didnt think it would bother people that much.
 
Has USARK been notified of this??

It is truly, truly alarming to me how often the HSUS is treated by political bodies as a respectable scientific organization.
 
I'm sure they have been. It's big news in the local reptile world.

I know somebody that was considering opening a reptile shop here in Cincy, but is now talking about moving it just over the border in KY. And another friend was going to breed his RTBs for the first time this year...
 
Come on down... But look into the ordinances of those northern Kentucky towns and counties first because I think they have some pretty strict bans in Covinton and the surrounding areas as well.
 
Well trying to make a law like that just shows a disgraceful amount of ignorance about snakes. Dangerous? Really? I could understand being concerned about peoples safety around venomous snakes, but not ALL venomous snakes are deadly, and not all can even survive the winters there.

I think it's ridiculous to ban wolves/bears/crocodilians too. You CAN house them, feed them, stimulate them, and keep them healthy in captivity. It's just a matter of regulating they way people are treating them by imposing licenses, defined minimum space/care for each animal, yearly inspections, and maximum amounts of animals per person.
 
It's just a matter of regulating they way people are treating them by imposing licenses, defined minimum space/care for each animal, yearly inspections, and maximum amounts of animals per person.
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Trouble is, the licensing and inspection cost the local authorities money. Here in the UK we have dangerous animals legislation but local councils are responsible for enforcing it. Some councils get round it by charging the owner such a huge amount of money for the inspection and issuing of a licence, that it's not financially viable for most people.
 
Here is the Ohio list thus far, fortunately it is done by subspecies but unfortunately DNR can now add to this anytime it feels like without any input from the public even if they wanted to put a garter snake on there. Here is the current list:
(1) Class mammalia, order carnivora:
(a) Family canidae: coyote (Canis latrans), timber and gray wolf (Canis lupus), excluding wolf-dog hybrids;
(b) Family felidae: lions (Panthera leo), tigers (Panthera tigris), jaguars (Panthera onca), leopard (Panthera pardus), clouded leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), snow leopard (Panthera uncia), cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), bobcat (Rufus rufus), lynx (Lynx rufus), cougars, pumas, or mountain lions (Puma concolor), including hybrids thereof;
(c) Family ursidae: all species of bears.

(2) All species of Class mammilia, order primates excluding humans.

(3) Class reptilia: (a) Order crocodylia: all species of alligators, crocodiles, caimans, and gharials.
(b) Order squamata: (i) Family atractaspidae: all species, such as mole vipers.
(ii) Family boidae: anaconda (Genus eunectes), Burmese python (Python molurus), reticulated python (Python reticulatus), amethystine python (Morelia amethistinus), scrub python (Morelia kinghorni), northern African python (Python sebae), southern African python (Python natalensis).
(iii) Family colubridae: boomslang (Dispholidus typus), twig snake (Genus thelotornis). (iv) Family elapidae: all species, such as cobra, mamba, and coral snakes. (v) Family hydrophiidae: all species, such as sea snakes. (vi) Family viperidae: all species, such as rattlesnakes, pit vipers, and puff adders. __________________
 
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