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Athletes/Celebrities and USARK

Posted by Elexus Hargis at 3/9/2015 12:21:54 PM

Has anyone thought to contact any celebrities or althletes who own reptiles to get them to donate to USARK and/or talk to the media about the ban? I know those guys travel a lot and they're usually pretty passionate about keeping and caring for their animals so maybe they would like to help and speak out.

I know the following people have exotics:

Nicolas Cage has 2 cobras

Leonardo DiCaprio just bought a 10 year old, 38 lb Sulcata Tortoise in 2010.

Slash has a bunch of snakes.

Basketball players Mikki Moore, Dwight Howard, and others have Pythons, Boas and gators....

Anybody know some people who knows some people to get these guys + others on board? I think the general public fails to realize how many people keep reptiles as pets.

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Thomas McCallum,	Posted At: 3/9/2015 4:05:40 PM
	I think the media has done enough damage! Getting celebrities to speak out is a good idea but we need them to speak out at the propper venue

Smart Snakes Chad,	Posted At: 3/9/2015 6:18:27 PM
	Kerry King.

Smart Snakes Chad,	Posted At: 3/9/2015 6:19:00 PM
	Thurman Thomas

Aaron Florian,	Posted At: 3/9/2015 7:41:36 PM
	The general public isn't what's killing us, it's the politicians and special interest groups. Your point is well received though.

Ed ,	Posted At: 3/9/2015 8:28:04 PM
	Agree with Aaron on this. While your intentions are good, this is not a snake/reptile issue as much as it is a complete and utter abuse of power by a governmental agency. In other words, it's a corruption problem with our government... which is a much, much bigger and more difficult problem to deal with than most seem to understand. By definition, we (ie, a small minority of "weirdos" who like yucky snakes) are not going to win the lobbying/special interest game.

Michelle Smith,	Posted At: 3/10/2015 2:26:48 AM
	The best thing would be to get them to donate to USARK. Kerry King already does.

George H. Wessel VII,	Posted At: 3/10/2015 6:49:32 PM
	I contacted several athletes years ago when all this first started. They'd rather not get involved.

Michelle Smith,	Posted At: 3/10/2015 7:38:22 PM
	Which is why donating to USARK is best. They don't have to publicize or make a big deal about it, but they would still be helping.

George H. Wessel VII,	Posted At: 3/10/2015 8:05:44 PM
	Is it?

Michelle Smith,	Posted At: 3/11/2015 1:56:45 AM
	For those that want to be as anonymous as possible and yet want to help, yes it is.

shellboa,	Posted At: 3/11/2015 11:07:22 AM
	Perhaps asking if these people would be willing to add their names to the lobbying group against this abuse of power..."So and So supports USARK against unfair ban"

Sonja K. ,	Posted At: 3/11/2015 1:32:20 PM
	I just posted this in my blog, with the link, but what this lady said I think really sums up what Aaron and Ed are saying... “anyone who has done their homework knows that there is nothing legitimate about the science that [people behind anti-smoking campaigns] are producing to push their agenda.” “It is activist driven science,” she said.

Elexus Hargis,	Posted At: 3/12/2015 12:53:30 AM
	Just thought this was interesting............... Hope everyone can read it, If not, Just find the hippo wiki page and scroll down to "Hippos and Humans"

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