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Commentary &
Editorials
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USFWS:
Service Seeks Public Comment on Plan To
Restrict Giant Invasive Snakes (Deadline 5/11/2010)
3/11/2010
NEW
More
HERE |
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GENERIC WILD TIGERS?
By Zuzana Kukol, March 2010
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RICO Lawsuit: Feld Entertainment, Inc., vs.
Animal Rights Groups 2/16/2010 NEW |
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Captive Big Cat Related Human Fatalities in
the USA by State and Species, Yearly and Lifetime Odds:
1990 - 2008 |
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PRIVATE OWNERSHIP IS SAVING TIGERS FROM EXTINCTION
By Zuzana Kukol,
February 2010 NEW |
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Rattlesnakes for Pets in Utah?
By Deeanna Croasmun,The Wendover Times, 2/12/2010
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Captive big cats not a public safety issue
By Zuzana Kukol, 2/4/2010
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Salazar Moves to Ban Importation and
Interstate Transfer of Burmese Python and Eight Other Giant Invasive
Snakes 1/20/2010 NEW |
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2010 State Exotic Animal Legislation:
Arizona,
California,
Florida,
Georgia,
Illinois,
Indiana,
Mississippi,
Missouri,
New York,
Oklahoma,
Rhode Island,
South Carolina,
Tennessee,
Utah,
Virginia,
Washington NEW |
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Political 'Benedict Arnolds'
By David Rice – DR_Sparktrician, February 2010 NEW |
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Emergency tips on keeper and rescue personnel
safety in case of an animal attack By Zuzana Kukol
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Basics of Chain Link Fence Construction for
Large Predators By Zuzana Kukol, Winter 2009/2010 |
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New Delaware State Regulations
1/1/2010 NEW |
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FAQ: USA FEDERAL BILLS H.R. 2811 and S. 373 to
Include Python genera as an Injurious Animal
Winter 2009/2010 NEW |
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Animal Planet performs another half-donkey job
with their new propaganda ridden and unbalanced exotic animal series
1/8/2010
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Civil Reptile Rights Activist March in 2010
December 2009 |
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CAPTIVE PYTHONS AND BOAS IN THE USA:
Separating Facts from Fiction flyer December 2009
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Letter to Oprah Winfrey regarding the segment
on Charla Nash and chimpanzee Travis 11/13/2009
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Andean Cat Conservation, Dr. Jim Sanderson
August 2009 |
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Training to handle 'exotic' 911 calls
By Mark Waite, PVT, 8/26/2009 NEW
VIDEO
Lions, Tigers & EMTs |
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That Horse Bit Me: Zoonotic Infections of
Equinesto Consider after Exposure Through the Bite or the Oral/Nasal
Secretions Equine Bites By Ricky Langley, MD, MPH,
Thomas Morris, MD, MPH, July 2009 |
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Issues of captivity and conservation
surrounding pantherine cats with a focus on the lion (Panthera leo)
and the tiger (Panthera tigris)
A SENIOR THESIS PRESENTED TO The Department of Organismic and
Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA By
Karen R. Lovely, March 2009 |
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"It's like herding cat people: Managing
Confrontation with Diplomacy" By Mindy Stinner,
The Conservators' Center, July 2009 |
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Lawsuit: Alfred M. Boyajian vs. Georgia (DNR,
City of Atlanta) 7/6/2009 |
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How
to Make an Ugly Metal or Plastic Tub Look Nice for Captive Animals
By Zuzana Kukol, Summer 2009
VIDEO
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PYTHON
ISSUES
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NO HR 669 Must See Website
HR 669
FACTS
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"Animal Rights:" Pernicious Nonsense For Both
Law & Public Policy By Richard K. Latimer,
Attorney at Law, May 2009 |
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The Myth of the Wild By
Brenda Scott Royce, 12/27/2008
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Why we buried our mom in a pet cemetery
By Robin Washington |
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Why do we run away from acknowledging that
many of our wild or exotic animals are pets? By
Betsy Whitlock, 12/31/2008
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DHS: Ecoterrorism: Environmental and
Animal-Rights Militants in the United States
May 2008 |
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Taking the Unsafe out of the Unexpected
By FCF May/June 2008
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Proposed Federal Ban on Exotic Cats
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Nevada Wolf-Dog Alert |
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Captive Bear, Big Cat, Elephant,
Constrictor and Venomous Snakes
Related Human Fatalities in the USA by State and Type, Yearly and
Lifetime Odds |
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What is a True Exotic Animal Sanctuary?
By Zuzana Kukol, September 2008
Unedited Version HERE |
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Hypocritical sanctuaries
NEW
OPERATION SAVE "BUBBA" - WAO White Tiger |
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INTRODUCTION TO THE POLITICS OF ANIMAL
LEGISLATION By Genevieve Wall, Attorney at Law
Fall/Winter 2007 (6.6MB, PDF) |
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Big Cat Safety, Handling and Training
By Dr. Bhagavan Antle |
TOTAL
NUMBERS AND ODDS OF AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH IN THE
USA
BY CAUSE OF INJURY in 2005:
comparing
human fatalities caused by captive exotic and wild animals
(average from
1990 – 2008) to deaths caused in the
course of a normal daily routine in every day life in 2005.
REXANO,
only used fatalities numbers since all deaths
are reported and there is only one degree of death. Injuries in all
walks of life range from life threatening to simple Band-Aid fix,
and many go unreported. The average life expectancy of 77 years was
used to calculate the lifetime odds. The odds are statistical
averages for the whole U.S. population. The vast majority of those
killed by exotic animals are the trainers, handlers and owners. The
real chance of a member of the general public getting killed by an
exotic animal is lower than the averages in the table below; the
same way a non alcoholic is not likely to be killed by excessive
alcohol consumption.
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Cause of Death in 2005
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Number of Deaths per Year
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One Year Odds
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Lifetime Odds
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Captive non-human primate
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0*
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0
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0
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Alligator, crocodile
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0**
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0
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0
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Captive bear
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0.16**
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1 in
1,901,875,000
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1 in
24,700,000
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Non venomous snake
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0.44**
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1 in
691,590,909
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1 in
8,981,700
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Captive elephant
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0.72**
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1 in
422,638,888
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1 in
5,488,816
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Venomous snake
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0.88**
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1 in
345,795,454
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1 in
4,490,850
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Captive big/exotic cat
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1.1**
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1 in
276,636,363
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1 in
3,592,680
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Fireworks discharge
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4
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74,126,765
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952,786
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Flood
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12
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24,708,922
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317,595
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Toys
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20
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14,825,352
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190,557
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Struck by or against another person
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26
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11,404,118
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146,582
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Bitten or struck by dog
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33
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8,985,062
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115,489
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Contact with hot tap-water
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43
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6,895,513
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88,631
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Lightning
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48
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6,177,230
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79,399
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Contact with hornets, wasps, bees
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82
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3,615,940
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46,477
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Drowning and submersion while in or falling into bath-tub
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344
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861,939
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11,079
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Alcohol
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346
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856,957
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11,015
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Fall on/from ladder, scaffolding
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477
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621,608
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7,990
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Accidental suffocation and strangulation in bed
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573
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517,464
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6,651
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Drowning and submersion while in or falling into
swimming-pool
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607
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488,480
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6,279
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Cataclysmic storm***
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874
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339,253
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4,361
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Fall involving bed, chair, furniture
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899
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329,819
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4,239
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Drowning and submersion while in or falling into natural
water
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1,603
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184,970
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2,378
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Fall on and from stairs and steps
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1,690
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175,448
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2,255
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Exposure to smoke, fire, flames
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3,197
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92,745
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1,192
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Narcotics and psychodysleptics
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11,050
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26,833
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345
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Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
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16,692
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17,763
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228
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Motor-Vehicle Accidents
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45,343
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6,539
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84
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Sources: U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION, National
Safety Council, National Center for Health Statistics, FBI, U.S. Census, animal
attack news reports NOT be classified as animal ‘attack’, just like
a nurse or doctor being accidentally infected with a blood from an AIDS patients
can not be called a murder.
** Based on 18 year average 1990-2008 numbers, since the
fatalities numbers per year are low (statistically insignificant)
(*** ) Includes hurricanes, tornadoes, blizzards, dust storms,
and other cataclysmic storms
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