Found my lost corn snake after 12 years!!!!!!!
Discussion
Andy Zarse said:
normalbloke said:
Andy Zarse said:
Not wishing to be a party pooper, but isn't releasing non-indigenous species into the wild an offence against the Wildlife and Countryside Act? What if he meets a lady corn snake and they nreed? Not good news?
It is almost frowned upon as much as posting on a thread before reading it...Great story!
The Cornsnake is a North American species. It is not indigenous to the Uk and an offence is commited on releasing it into the wild. I was simply concerned that the OP may not realise he was commiting an offence then posting about his actions on PH.
So I don't understand your problem.
Andy Zarse said:
The Cornsnake is a North American species.
...and like a lot of North American snakes, will claim to be able to trace lineage back to the original Pilgrim Pythons who slithered off Plymouth Rock next to the Mayflower, either that or claim to be Scots, and turn up at Burns' Night dinners dressed in very dodgy snake tartan and generally not knowing what the hell to do with a sporran. Thankfully, very few of them claim to be Irish, given that St.Patrick apparently wasn't keen.Anyway, good luck to the little blighter.
Err...Im with Andy Zarse on this one. As nice as it is to hear about, releasing a non-native species in to the wild is an absolute no-no in my opinion. The wildlife balance is too delicate. Im actually amazed that attitude seems to be in the minority on this thread.
Examples:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbits_in_Australia
For something closer to home, the driving out of red squirrels:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Squirrel
Fine, youre doing your old pet/freind a favour. But what about the species already native, happily roaming the countryside who werent expecting to come across a corn snake this summer?
In my opinion, tres uncool.
Examples:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbits_in_Australia
For something closer to home, the driving out of red squirrels:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Squirrel
Fine, youre doing your old pet/freind a favour. But what about the species already native, happily roaming the countryside who werent expecting to come across a corn snake this summer?
In my opinion, tres uncool.
Davi said:
Somewhatfoolish said:
bonsai said:
I'm sure it was well chuffed, having enjoyed the last 12 years free to roam as it pleases it's now back, stuck in a poxy tank.
You're the worst at reading so far 308mate said:
For something closer to home, the driving out of red squirrels:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Squirrel
Who cares about Red Squirrels? A Squirrel's a Squirrel, just seems that the Grey ones are better.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Squirrel
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