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API calls for investigation into deadly snake dump
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by tigers9 on May 29, 2008
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http://www.api4animals.org/press.php?p=1667&more=1
News Release:
For Immediate Release: 05/27/08
Animal advocacy group calls for investigation into deadly snake dumping in N.C.
Jacksonville, N.C. — Born Free USA united with Animal Protection Institute (Born Free USA) today publicly challenged the unfounded reports that it released two Monocled cobras in a North Carolina neighborhood. Despite the discovery of a flyer from someone who had lost two Monocled cobras in the area, reports quoted unidentified “officials” who allegedly claimed the snakes had been purposefully released by Born Free USA.
“We are anxious to discuss this incident with the ‘officials’ making these unsubstantiated and outrageous accusations,” says Nicole G. Paquette, Esq., Senior Vice President and General Counsel for Born Free USA. “Not only are the claims utterly ridiculous, they go against all the evidence relating to the incident.”
Born Free USA is the leading proponent of SB 1788, legislation authored by Senator Ed Jones, which would mandate that localities restrict the possession of dangerous exotic animals in North Carolina. North Carolina is one of only nine states with no laws regulating keeping dangerous wildlife as pets.
“Born Free USA has never, and will never, endanger the lives of people or animals to further its work. Although the snakes most likely escaped from their home, or were dumped, we are equally concerned that this dangerous action may have been the work of a few individuals who disagree with the legislation,” adds Paquette. “This incident shows exactly why SB 1788 should be passed and strengthened without delay.”
Born Free USA (www.bornfreeusa.org) is a national non-profit animal welfare and conservation organization and a member of the Captive Wild Animal Protection Coalition (www.cwapc.org).
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Contact:
Zibby Wilder, Born Free USA, 916.267.7266, press@bornfreeusa.org
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by Chris_Harper on May 29, 2008
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Unfounded? Pffft! Maybe they also want to talk about Roark's cut brake lines last year while they're at it.
CH
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by tigers9 on May 29, 2008
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They are saying they didn’t release cobras, and it might be a true statement as it is possible cobras were never released, no cobras period, like there was no tiger with dog in its mouth in Pahrump when zoning ordinance was voted on, only fake tiger reports by anonymous caller, question is, who is responsible for the ‘invisible flyer’ and creating hysteria? Who is to blame for the harmless hognose snakes that might be killed because people assume they are the ‘dumped cobras’?
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by pitbulllady on May 29, 2008
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I'm still thinking that all these "cobras" and other "exotic" snakes are just ordinary, native snakes, like Coachwhips or Hogs, in the first place. It's VERY common for ignorant people, and even some folks who actually like snakes, to be unfamiliar with Eastern Hogs enough to think that it's a "cobra". I've also heard enough people describe the markings of ANY snake they see as "diamonds"(even a striped Garter and a very plain Red-Belly Water Snake), to know that such people get this notion in their heads that all snakes are of some deadly species, therefore it must have had the markings they associate with a deadly species. That's how a Rat Snake suddenly becomes a "Diamondback Rattler", and if you ask the person what it looked like, you'll get, "well, it had 'diamonds' on its back...". Someone of that same mental caliber, seeing a largish Hognose "hood up", and knowing that Cobras have similar hoods, will likely swear that it had an "eye spot" or two on said hood, simply because they associate that marking with a Cobra. I myself have seen Hogs who had a pattern that did vaguely resemble the two "eye spots" of a typical Indian Cobra when they spread the hood, and if I was scared of snakes and had never heard of a Hognose(by that name, anyway), it wouldn't take too much of a leap of imagination to turn it into a giant Cobra, ditto for a long Coachwhip rearing up in their typical "periscope" position to get a better look at someone.
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by pitbulllady on May 30, 2008
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Here's a good example of what I mean by some Hogs having markings that could, especially if seen by someone who is afraid of snakes, be interpreted as "eye spots", in this guy I found on Flickr.com: http://www.flickr.com/photos/42389547@N00/171948645/sizes/o/
I can easily see how this snake, seen in the shadows especially, could be mistaken for a Cobra. We all know that to a person who is afraid of snakes, everything a snake does is interpreted as "aggressive" behavior, like "charging", etc, when it's just trying to escape, and we all know how the size of snakes is often greatly exaggerated, even by people who LIKE snakes, let alone by someone who is terrified of them.
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by Cro on May 30, 2008
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The flyer that the police found does tend to suggest that the API folks were involved in some way, wether they released snakes or not.
Just posting a flyer in a populated area could create the desired scare factor. It would tend to put folks "on edge" and make them more inclined to see the missing cobras in any snake they found.
Best Regards John Z
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