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I don't have kids but I would be upset if my little cousin got bit by a stray reptile. I don't mean to say people have no right to be upset about anything. I think it would have been nice if AP showed what had happened, then took a couple min. to say "on the flip side, tegus when kept as pets, blah blah blah". I understand not all shows do this, I see it less and less on AP. They finally started showing bully breeds in a more positive light, maybe reptiles can be next? Maybe its just wishful thinking...
My dad showed a couple people at his work and the reactions he got were "who in their right mind would keep that as a pet?!" He told them that I had 3 and they can be really mellow and easy going with the right care and proper time.

What does bother me is people getting tegus, pythons, etc and letting them loose once they can't care for them any longer. Thats part of the reason why we can't have RES turtles. If we want to own these things we need to be more responsible. I agree promoting the animal awareness will help. Same thing for AP should go for us. We may tell people how great tegus are but does anyone mention that things like this CAN happen?

<blockquote data-quote="Rhetoric" data-source="post: 83474" data-attributes="member: 2215">I don't have kids but I would be upset if my little cousin got bit by a stray reptile. I don't mean to say people have no right to be upset about anything. I think it would have been nice if AP showed what had happened, then took a couple min. to say &quot;on the flip side, tegus when kept as pets, blah blah blah&quot;. I understand not all shows do this, I see it less and less on AP. They finally started showing bully breeds in a more positive light, maybe reptiles can be next? Maybe its just wishful thinking...My dad showed a couple people at his work and the reactions he got were &quot;who in their right mind would keep that as a pet?!&quot; He told them that I had 3 and they can be really mellow and easy going with the right care and proper time.What does bother me is people getting tegus, pythons, etc and letting them loose once they can't care for them any longer. Thats part of the reason why we can't have RES turtles. If we want to own these things we need to be more responsible. I agree promoting the animal awareness will help. Same thing for AP should go for us. We may tell people how great tegus are but does anyone mention that things like this CAN happen?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rhetoric, post: 83474, member: 2215"] I don't have kids but I would be upset if my little cousin got bit by a stray reptile. I don't mean to say people have no right to be upset about anything. I think it would have been nice if AP showed what had happened, then took a couple min. to say "on the flip side, tegus when kept as pets, blah blah blah". I understand not all shows do this, I see it less and less on AP. They finally started showing bully breeds in a more positive light, maybe reptiles can be next? Maybe its just wishful thinking... My dad showed a couple people at his work and the reactions he got were "who in their right mind would keep that as a pet?!" He told them that I had 3 and they can be really mellow and easy going with the right care and proper time. What does bother me is people getting tegus, pythons, etc and letting them loose once they can't care for them any longer. Thats part of the reason why we can't have RES turtles. If we want to own these things we need to be more responsible. I agree promoting the animal awareness will help. Same thing for AP should go for us. We may tell people how great tegus are but does anyone mention that things like this CAN happen? [/QUOTE]

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