Snakes get lobbyists in Washington (insert joke here)

[marmar]

(Bloomberg) Andrew Wyatt says he could have picked an easier job than defending slithering creatures that squeeze their food to death and then swallow it whole.

“If you go and talk snakes to guys from Congress, their eyes cross over,” Wyatt, 47, said in an interview. “They don’t want to hear a word you say.”

Wyatt, president of the U.S. Association of Reptile Keepers, is lobbying in Washington to preserve the right to import boa constrictors and eight varieties of pythons and anacondas and to transport them across state lines, Bloomberg Government reported.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service wants to designate the snakes ecologically disruptive “injurious species,” a label that would prohibit interstate transactions. Burmese pythons have infested southern Florida, reproducing quickly and blending into their surroundings. ...............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-08-05/snakes-get-lobbyists-too-as-breeders-charm-congress-to-fight-u-s-boa-ban.html

[Vanje]

1. Unrec- I love snakes~!

NATIVE species!

[L0oniX]

2. Reptilian agenda?

David Icke - The Reptilians - the Schism - Obama and the New World Order

http://www.davidicke.com/articles/reptilian-agenda-mainmenu-43


:evilgrin:

[AnnieBW]

3. I've had it with these MF-ing snakes

on our MF-ing Congress!