• Posted 12/19/2024.
    =====================

    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

    =====================
    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
  • Responding to email notices you receive.
    **************************************************
    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

Search results

  1. E

    Wanted Vision Cages-Wisconsin

    Wanted: Used Vision cages. Madison WI area or within 50 miles. Looking for 400s, 422s, 432s, 600s, or 622s. Let me know what you have. Thanks!
  2. E

    MAHS Call for Photos!

    Buyer’s Guide-Final Push for Photos for 2016!!! Here is an updated list of Buyer’s Guide photos needed! Our buyer’s guide project has been on the backburner lately, but now this year, we are looking to finally finish it and make the final push to publication! We are hoping to have it complete...
  3. E

    11 Attorneys General Called to Investigate HSUS

    HumaneWatch.org, a project of the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom, applauded the Midwestern Legislative Conference of the Council of State Governments for passing a resolution calling on 11 state attorneys general to investigate the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). The states...
  4. E

    Adams County Wisconsin DWA Ban Update

    We have been informed that the ordinance will be an ongoing process and that the department is open to alternative language. USARK and exotic pet owners will be presenting information and working with officials. A tri-county consortium committee discussion between Sauk, Adams, and Juneau...
  5. E

    Minneapolis MN: Ban on keeping lizards, snakes as pets in Minneapolis could be lifted

    A rule that bans Minneapolis residents from keeping lizards, snakes, turtles and other reptiles as pets could be lifted next year. The City of Minneapolis has confirmed that its wild animal code will be among the ordinances it will be reviewing next year, amid growing calls to loosen a rule some...
  6. E

    USARK constrictor lawsuit update

    FWS has filed their reply to support their motion to dismiss USARK’s complaint. Below is a summary, as well as what will happen next. Lacey Act Claim, Arbitrary and Capricious (Count 4) The government has backed off its contention that USARK lacks standing under the Lacey Act. All FWS now...
  7. E

    Wisconsin bill Introduced

    Wisconsin bill AB 703: This bill makes changes to the laws relating to the possession of certain wild animals. View it at https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/related/proposals/ab703. Wisconsin bill AB 703: View it at https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2013/related/proposals/ab703. First Public...
  8. E

    Albino Burmese Python

    For adoption: Albino Burmese python. Male, 5 feet, and at least 3 y.o. Feeding on live rats every 2 weeks, but should be switched to f/t. WI adoptions only. PM or email me if interested. Thanks!
  9. E

    Virginia Anti-Reptile Legislation HB1242

    http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?ses=131&typ=bil&val=hb1242
  10. E

    New York Anti-Herp Legislation A2869

    Heads up! Anti-herp legislation in New York seeks to criminilize ownership of all reptiles “capable of inflicting bodily harm upon a human” http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A2869
  11. E

    CT to ban Boas and Burmese pythons

    http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/cgabillstatus/cgabillstatus.asp?selBillType=Bill&bill_num=5832&which_year=2013&SUBMIT1.x=15&SUBMIT1.y=13
  12. E

    Heads up-Wausau Wisconsin

    5) Discussion and possible action Amending Section 8.08.200, Dangerous Animals, including but not limited to defining "prohibited dangerous animals" and establishing procedures for prohibiting from the city limits; revising procedures for declaring dangerous animals; and amending restrictions...
  13. E

    Heads up Forsyth County N.C.

    www.journalnow.com/news/local/article_fce57ba8-5079-11e2-a7b8-001a4bcf6878.html Wesley Young/Winston-Salem Journal Tight squeeze: Proposal would ban big constricting snakes in Forsyth Forsyth County would put the squeeze on big constricting snakes if it accepts a recommendation from the...
  14. E

    W.V.-Exotic animal ban being sought again

    Exotic animal ban being sought again CHARLESTON — Unless a Bengal tiger, African elephant or bull elephant is already a member of your domicile, the time could come when owning one of those jungle beasts is barred in West Virginia. A renewed effort is afoot, led by the Division of Natural...
  15. E

    Wilkins et al. v. David Daniels and the Ohio Department of Agriculture

    © 2012 Erika N. Chen-Walsh From April of this year until I resigned on October 12, 2012, I was formally involved with USARK and engaged heavily in Ohio against Troy Balderson’s balderdash bill, SB 310. I have blogged extensively on this over reaching, unconstitutional, unfunded mandate of a...
  16. E

    H.R. 511 a "solution in search of a problem"

    WASHINGTON -- The monstrous snakes that have invaded the Everglades and gobbled up some of its endangered wildlife are Florida's problem, not cause for a nationwide ban, some Republicans in Congress declared on Thursday. Their staunch opposition greatly diminishes the chances that Congress will...
  17. E

    News from Ohio

    Gov. Kasich signs order on exotic animals rules Gov. John Kasich today signed an executive order allowing the Ohio Department of Agriculture to establish on an emergency basis rules regarding standards for care, control and security of exotic animals that are on a restricted species list under a...
  18. E

    VA Recommendations Expected On Exotic Animals

    RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A committee of state officials, animal protection advocates and others is expected to deliver its recommendations on exotic and potentially dangerous animals. Members of the Dangerous Animals Initiative are meeting Wednesday in Richmond for what is scheduled to be their...
  19. E

    New Study Contradicts USGS Python Climate Projections

    New Study Contradicts USGS Python Climate Projections; growing evidence suggest struggling Florida pythons won’t expand north A new study published in Integrative Zoology examines the impacts of cold temperatures on Burmese pythons. The study, ‘Environmental, physiology and behavior limit...
  20. E

    Anyone in Central Wisconsin?

    If anyone on here is in the Central Wisconsin area, including the Wausau, Stevens Point, Waupaca, WI Rapids, Marshfield, Mosinee, Merrill, Antigo, Medford, or other areas within this region of WI, please contact me or let me know. Myself and a few others are in the early stages of discussing and...
Back
Top