Monthly Archives: January 2012
Book Review: Stolen World by Jennie E. Smith
A Review of the book Stolen World: A Tale of Reptiles, Smugglers, and Skullduggery written by Jennie Erin Smith When this book was released in January 2011, Bryan Christy’s book The Lizard King had already been out for over a year. Touching on much of the same history of reptile smuggling and how many herp [...]
Where We go from here…
I’m sure that anyone on Facebook and/or keeps up in check with USARK’s announcements is well-aware of current events. But for those of you who may have missed a thing or two, below is a Question & Answer released issued by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife in regards to the recent “python ban,” although it [...]
This what it has come to…
Since January 16th, 2012, the entire reptile community has been abuzz with some very devastating news. Our U.S. government, specifically the Department of the Interior, has announced that 4 species of large constricting snakes are now being placed on the Injurious Wildlife list of the Lacey Act; this includes the Burmese python, both the northern [...]
Challenge for 2012
This is an article that was featured not long ago on Kingsnake.com. Someone brought it to my attention, and I thought it was well-written and well, read for yourself…. A Challenge to Every Reptile Keeper By Cindy Steinle Recently a Fox News poll about keeping exotic pets began circulating around Facebook. “Stop the animal rights [...]
