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Originally Posted by megascops-osio
you say this:
They system is so messed up the agencies which can issue permits don't even know they have the power to do so.
then you say this:
So in a nutshell your friend is pretty much out of luck due to the confusion and wording of the code.
basically, you still can't legally keep exotic venomous in alabama without a permit and they don't give out permits to regular people. where is this legislation at that empowers them? you provided a link to nothing of value concerning that. the law with skunks IS cleared up now, but i find it hard to believe that they just forgot to the clear up the exotic venomous law. i know for a fact that you can legally possess skunks under certain acquisition stipulations in that state, but i'm kind of under the impression that in court, your permit would be as useless as one i had written for you. a sheriff's power isn't that great. as long as those UNDER the sheriff answer to him, then they obviously won't bother you. my step brother lives in north alabama and has a CCW permit because he was a high school basketball star and is buddies with the sheriff. he's done 2 things that would have violated that permit, but still has it because of that relationship.
like with anything, knowing the right people is as good as doing something legally. either way, you're safe
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Welcome to the state of Alabama where confusion exists due to ignorance in the state house. As for anything in court in reference to exotic venomous. They never got around to adding if and what a violation would incur. The last time anything was said or done about this was some guy up in north Alabama had a false water cobra confiscated and destroyed because it was
sooo dangerous.
No legal action was brought against that person because there is no clause for any legal action to be brought.
And what I linked is pretty much what you get in this state. The original was passed with such confusing wording it was re-written as you see it in that link and piggy-backed on the skunk bill. They do this all the time with various health codes and hunting regulations also. The only thing they are clear on is anything to do with oil and natural gas, department of homeland security, and the departments of transportation and public safety.
So even if some person had a large collection of exotics and was caught with them the only thing that would happen is the animals would be confiscated and destroyed unless they had a collection of rare species one of the zoo's in the state would be happy to take in. Maybe they could push it out to maybe include being a danger to public safety but if they were kept in secure enclosures that wouldn't fly in court either. Yet getting something better and more well defined passed is frustrating. Which is what a good number of people just keep their collection pretty much a secret (which I don't approve of either)..
