Be careful where you get snakes!
According to an article posted on Venomous Reptiles.org, MojaveReptiles owner has gotten himself into some serious trouble trying to sell illegal snakes across state lines.
In most of my posts I tell my readers to check their local and state laws before buying/selling any venomous reptile. In most cases it is illegal to own venomous reptiles unless in a zoo or qualified center.
Personally, I wonder if Mr. Bartolini really understands what happens to the human body with the venom of many of the snakes listed in the article.
The African Boomslang is one of the deadliest snakes on earth and if I am not mistaken it has the most toxic venom in all of the African snakes.
I shivered thinking about some of the effects from bites of the snakes that a 21 year old owns and obviously has to handle or at the least, come in close contact with on a weekly basis.
Cody if you happen to come across this post take it from me, if you love snakes, learn about them first and do all you can to educate others about them and above all else, love, respect and protect them. I do. That being said if you continue to handle deadly snakes it isn't a question of 'if' you will be bitten but 'when' you will be bitten. It is highly likely that you could easily die from many of the snakes you owned.
People please think twice before handling venomous snakes of any kind. Let's leave that to the herpetologists and other properly trained professionals.
Read the story from VenomousReptiles.org below.
Las Vegas resident Cody Bartolini, 21, who went by the name “mojavereptiles” when advertising his snakes for sale on Internet Web sites, recently pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of attempted unlawful sale of wildlife.
Bartolini made the mistake of attempting to sell illegally possessed snakes across state lines.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s plea memorandum, Bartolini was living with 48 snakes of various species, including Tanzanian black mambas, green mambas, king cobras, forest cobras, tiapans, banded Egyptian cobras, Gaboon vipers, West African bush vipers, puff adders, boomslangs, as well as a caiman, Gila monster, and an alligator snapping turtle. The collection was worth almost $11,000.
In most of my posts I tell my readers to check their local and state laws before buying/selling any venomous reptile. In most cases it is illegal to own venomous reptiles unless in a zoo or qualified center.
Personally, I wonder if Mr. Bartolini really understands what happens to the human body with the venom of many of the snakes listed in the article.
The African Boomslang is one of the deadliest snakes on earth and if I am not mistaken it has the most toxic venom in all of the African snakes.
I shivered thinking about some of the effects from bites of the snakes that a 21 year old owns and obviously has to handle or at the least, come in close contact with on a weekly basis.
Cody if you happen to come across this post take it from me, if you love snakes, learn about them first and do all you can to educate others about them and above all else, love, respect and protect them. I do. That being said if you continue to handle deadly snakes it isn't a question of 'if' you will be bitten but 'when' you will be bitten. It is highly likely that you could easily die from many of the snakes you owned.
People please think twice before handling venomous snakes of any kind. Let's leave that to the herpetologists and other properly trained professionals.
Read the story from VenomousReptiles.org below.
Las Vegas resident Cody Bartolini, 21, who went by the name “mojavereptiles” when advertising his snakes for sale on Internet Web sites, recently pleaded guilty to three misdemeanor counts of attempted unlawful sale of wildlife.
Bartolini made the mistake of attempting to sell illegally possessed snakes across state lines.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s plea memorandum, Bartolini was living with 48 snakes of various species, including Tanzanian black mambas, green mambas, king cobras, forest cobras, tiapans, banded Egyptian cobras, Gaboon vipers, West African bush vipers, puff adders, boomslangs, as well as a caiman, Gila monster, and an alligator snapping turtle. The collection was worth almost $11,000.
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