absolutely all herpers were illegal where you live. Would you still keep any?
I was a herper by the time I was three, regardless of any laws or ethics debates.
I was bringing home any herp I found and trying to keep it.
I believe there is no justification for making herpetoculture illegal and
I find it hard to hold it against anyone who breaks a ridiculous and unjust law.
The are a lot of bylaws and state/provincial laws in North America, but
most are not as severe as the Norway law. Most of these laws are routinely broken,
and in the case of bylaws, no action is taken unless there's a complaint.
> While I don't condone the laws in Norway, I am kind of surprised that> animals.nobody pointed out the irresponsibility of keeping animals when you know that they are illegal and the penalty if you are caught is death to the
I doubt a group of people in Norway getting together and saying they'd like
to keep herps would have any hope of getting popular support or changing any laws.
As it stands, a herpetoculturist in Norway is a criminal by definition.
> The only victims in this case are the animals who are going to be put todeath and the people who are trying to use legal means to have these laws> changed as this kind of incident makes all herpers look like criminals.
-- Neil Meister President Nova Scotia Herpetoculture Society http://users.eastlink.ca/~nshs
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