• Responding to email notices you receive.
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    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.

  • IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ!! About the Google Adsense ads being displayed

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    Yeah, I know. They are a pain in the butt. But they pay the bills to keep my server running. Just a fact of life, I am afraid.

    Want to get rid of them? Simple. Just become a Contributor level member or above and they will be gone. -> Please click HERE."

    Is that too much for me to ask of you to keep this site running? Well, sorry about that. I too wish I could get everything for free. But alas.....

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    Google Adsense ad revenue for December, 2025 was just $30 over the cost of the lease for the server running this site. So, in effect, the money providing the incentive for me to continue running this site is coming SOLELY from the paid memberships and sponsorships here. Which honestly ain't much....

USARK Major Accomplishments

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USARK Accomplishments 2012

Major Accomplishments

• Led massive Grass Roots Campaign to KILL HR669. Generated almost 50,000 letters to US House Natural Resources Committee - 2008

• Killed S373/HR2811 ‘Python BAN’- 2009-2010

• Filed Information Quality Challenge with USGS on ‘Constrictor Report’ - 2010

• Commissioned Georgetown Economic Services to produce first comprehensive economic assessment of Herp Industry - 2011

• Established Herp Industry as $1.4 billion Cottage Industry - 2011

• Defeated Anti-Herp Legislation in more than a dozen states - 2008-2012

• Made successful federal case to remove Reticulated Python, Boa Constrictor and 3 other snakes from Injurious Wildlife listing of Lacey Act supported by public comments from SBA, AZA & PIJAC- 2008-2012

• Working to OVERTURN listing of Burmese Python and 3 other snakes from Injurious Wildlife listing - 2012

• Led successful opposition to VA HB1242/ SB477 Dangerous Animal Legislation (DAL) - 2012

• Spearheading fight against DAL in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Rhode Island, West Virginia & South Carolina - 2012

• Spent approximately 75% of budget fighting anti-herp legislation and regulation - 2008-2012
 
Quick Update on Indiana Python Bill 1288:
I have been in contact with Linda Lawson for about 4 months now. We were discussing how to refine this bill in an effort to make it "make sense" while maintaining a safe environment for our community. These were of course our main objectives. The goal for Representative Lawson was NOT to ban these reptiles, but honestly to make sure our communities were safe. I believe she just needed a little help in refining this bill. Having said that, I have some good news for now. This si a quote from Rep. Lawson earlier this morning. "The only way this bill will ever see the light of day is if I resurrect it and that will not happen next year and I have no intentions of doing that..." This is a win for Indiana for now. But I have confidence that if/when this comes back up, we can help the community in a realistic way. Thanks for everyone's help!
 
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