Venomous Laws

[Hikoseijuro]

I live in TN .. and i was reading up on the laws .. and they say i have to have a class 1 permit .. and anti venom on hand .. but .. what i want to know is .. what do you need to get a class 1 permit .. ?? any help would be great

[najaboy]

Originally Posted by Hikoseijuro

... what i want to know is .. what do you need to get a class 1 permit .. ??

An act of God.

Unless something has dramatically changed in the past six months, TNW has not issued any class I permits to individuals in the private sector simce 1991. TN is a very unfriendly state when it comes to herps.

[BWSmith]

That is what I have heard as well from individuals there. But if you wish to try, you need to contact Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency.

[haroldo359]

does this apply to native, exotic or all venomous snakes? just curious.

[BWSmith]

All venomous

[Hikoseijuro]

for native and exotic .. yea i called them .. and i will put it this way .. they are not very friendly lol .. basicly called me a nut .. and would not even tell me what is a class 1 lol .. i called them before i moved to TN .. i used to live in AL .. and i had some hots there .. do you believe .. one day after i called TN! .. about there laws . i had the AL wildlife down at my house looking at my rattle snakes :P and copper heads

	Venomous Reptile A term commonly used to refer to a venomous reptile. Most commonly used in reference to venomous snakes.

[haroldo359]

what do you think about the GA laws BW? do you think you should be required to have some sort of permit to keep native hots? i am not saying extreme laws like they appearently have in TN.

	Venomous Reptile A term commonly used to refer to a venomous reptile. Most commonly used in reference to venomous snakes.

[haroldo359]

i was in a petstore in opelika, al, and they had a timber for sale for $50. they had a sign that said they reserve the right to sell to anyone for any reason. i should hope so.

[Hikoseijuro]

alabama is not bad .. you can keep mostly any native venomous there .. no permit .. but Exotic venomous .. you have to have a permit .. i think you have to get like 1000 hours at a zoo or something like that

[BWSmith]

That is a tough one. GA laws are odd. For native hots, there is no permit. For exotics, the permit is easy, but the requirements are virtually unattainable. I would prefer that all hots fall under a logical and attainable permit system. But I am not going to be the one to bring private hot keepers into the limelite here. It would be easy for them to just add natives to the permit. Oddly enough, it is the roundups that give me the right to keep in GA.

	Venomous Reptile A term commonly used to refer to a venomous reptile. Most commonly used in reference to venomous snakes.

[Hikoseijuro]

LoL i guess im screwed ... till i move to some where like VA with no laws on them