My thoughts exactly, maybe over the next weeks and months it will really take off. I only found it because i was sent an emial about it.

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0.0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa
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What anyone does is up to them...

But it will mean the closing of specialist shops. Closing of internet shops. Inability to get supplies ( What would be the point in stocking specific things ? ), No food unless you can source or breed your own, inability to take your animals to a vet.

The ability for many to keep their animals in the worst case scenario may be out of their hands.

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Only 196.... come on people

There were over 400 on line the other night !!!

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I signed it! It worked as well. Im goingt o sign dad up form his work postcode. lol, and ask gran and grandad.

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Another great read Rory. I'll sign my name now!

EDIT: Done.

Hi All,

A big thankyou to all whom have signed the petition [s].

Combined now we have the Exotic Species at 216 sigs and the Primate Keeping at 85 making for a total of 301 sigs.

Remember this, because the opposition have placed all keepers into the exotic field, this does mean that everyone has been placed into the realm of exotic keeping.

From fancy rats to ferrets to hamsters to mice, to dogs, cats, budgies, parrots, pot bellied pigs, to even those who keep exotic poultry, but lest us not forget the falconry world, they too are included.

We need to be able to deliver as much as a blow possible to those who oppose what we all keep and believe in with a passion.

Within the next few weeks we will be looking at having a downloadable petition for all to print off and take to their shops, around their friends, their clubs and their societies, as well as we will send off to all previously mentioned here.

Email those that you know, link it to websites, but please, in order for us to be heard this is the way we must do it.

Pro Keepers Lobby, made the decision not to charge for private memberships last year, so the only way we can ensure that the private keeper is seen and believed, then this is just one of the economical approaches we must make.

It is cheap, it is quick and it is direct.

Come on, please show your support, and to those that already have.

THANKYOU

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Another view point to look at if you will.

Remember this fact:

The antis - our opposition - do they really believe in the freedom of the animals?

We as keepers do want to conserve in captivity is this is not correct?

But back to those whom oppose us so rigourously - the statement 'better off dead than in captivity' ring any bells?

They constantly preach freedom for the species, but to be honest is not freedom, wearing only your underpants holding a spear running around the Serengeti?

Do the antis really live by their philosophy?

Do they really want to see the animals free - and what is free in their eyes when they use the phrase as above?

Do they really live by their convictions?

It is basically nothing more than the ideal Nirvana for them.

Do they not consider that Governments alone are damaging and terminating the environment with development and in so speaking do they themselves not have the right to ensure that their children grow up in a world with animals but above all - freedom of choice to believe in what they wish to believe in?

So if the grandchild of anti parents wants to keep exotics or any animal in their future, do they not have the right/s to do so?

That is freedom of choice is it NOT?

So RFUK readership - think on this, do nothing, say nothing, sign nothing and then when the Governments and the opposition have ruled the victory, what have you to say to yourself but this.......... 'perhaps for the sake of a sixty second signature, l could possibly have prevented this from happening!'

Show your support, you keep now, it would be nice to think that your children and their children will still have the ability to keep exotic or domestic animals in their futures, would it not?

Do not fall victim to thinking it simply 'will not happen' in your lifetime.

R

ps; Exotic Species 232 / Primate keeping 86 = Combined 418

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signed!

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Ive signed the petition as i think that the busy bodys of this world really do not think as what happens to the habitat,and the animals that live there after the goverments of this world are too busy thinking of lining their pockets with the money from the land, without a care in the world just as long as they have what they want thats all that matters, but not to us the keepers, the only thing we care about is the survival of the species which we have in our care and without us the keepers, how many species would be lost with the large scale loss of their habitat, caused by the greed of the worlds goverments yes i would love my animals to be able to live in their natrual habitat but the way this world is going how many more species are going to be lost to mans greed.And untill they realise we the keepers care far more about our pets than they could ever do we are the ones keeping the many species from going extinct and we must fight for all our pets and the right to look after and care for them far more so than any goverment does.

we must all sign up to this,come on everyone and tell your friends aswell the more we are the stronger we are, sign up now its for the love of our animals we must sign up for this.