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Posted by filthy on February 05, 2000 at 08:05:32:

In Reply to: Iguana Taken to Shelter - Press Item posted by Wes von Papine�u on February 05, 2000 at 07:28:45:

Be very careful who you allow to do your herp sitting. And we need to think it over before we take on the chore. I will soon be 'baby sitting' for an amimal that no one else want's anything to do with while a friend relocates (and I would be delighted if he were to 'abandon' it). But as I am the one of the few he would trust, he could also keep mine without causing me to worry.

But handing over a fair-sized, possibly agressive Iguana to a neighbor down the road, who oviously knows little about them so who can blame her, for a couple of weeks is another matter entirely. It borders upon stupidity. And worse, it makes all of the responsible herp keepers look dumb and / or crazy.

filthy

: WASHINGTON POST (DC) 03 February 00 Iguana Taken to Shelter
: The following were among animal cases received recently by the Washington Humane Society and the D.C. Animal Control Division. �
: Third St. SE, 4400 block, Jan. 19. A woman who had been keeping a friend's iguana loose in her apartment called Animal Control because her friend had not reclaimed the three-foot-long lizard, and the woman was afraid of it. The iguana was being held at the D.C. Animal Shelter pending contact by the original owner.
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: Be very careful who you allow to do your herp sitting. And we need to think it over before we take on the chore. I will soon be 'baby sitting' for an amimal that no one else want's anything to do with while a friend relocates (and I would be delighted if he were to 'abandon' it). But as I am the one of the few he would trust, he could also keep mine without causing me to worry. : But handing over a fair-sized, possibly agressive Iguana to a neighbor down the road, who oviously knows little about them so who can blame her, for a couple of weeks is another matter entirely. It borders upon stupidity. And worse, it makes all of the responsible herp keepers look dumb and / or crazy. : filthy : : : WASHINGTON POST (DC) 03 February 00 Iguana Taken to Shelter : : The following were among animal cases received recently by the Washington Humane Society and the D.C. Animal Control Division. � : : Third St. SE, 4400 block, Jan. 19. A woman who had been keeping a friend's iguana loose in her apartment called Animal Control because her friend had not reclaimed the three-foot-long lizard, and the woman was afraid of it. The iguana was being held at the D.C. Animal Shelter pending contact by the original owner. : :

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