ACTION ALERT SOUTH CAROLINA: The first wave of laws come to Florence

In a move that will shock no one, the first what we can assume will be many laws relating to the Leibowitz/Taipan bite case has happened. Florence, S.C. has released new proposed exotics laws that impact more than reptile owners. From the USARK Action alert the proposed banned reptile portion is:

Crocodilians twelve (12) inches or larger; Large, dangerous, or potentially invasive constricting snakes including reticulated pythons, python reticulatus; urmese/Indian rock pythons, python molurus; rock pythons, python sebae, and anacondas, eunectes murinus (green anacondas); Venomous/poisonous reptiles, amphibians, or serpents;

You can read the full action alert on USARK's page here. Now one thing of note is the snake law is somewhat vague and can be easily adjusted to include any larger snake unfortunately. Simply using the wording large, dangerous OR rather than AND is hugely problematic from someone who has worked in animal control and seen how people will twist those words, but that is just my opinion and experience. I would expect to see far more of these laws popup in South Carolina over the next year. The damage one person can do to our hobby is immense.