No. Someone semi locally got killed a few years ago by a python. Its not super common around here but it happens. Really, I have no fear of snakes. I like them, I've often thought about having them in my classroom since I already have a freezer full of frozen mice as hawk food anyway. Despite the way my above post may have sounded, I'm not all for rushing out and killing everything that moves. However, I do not have problems with taking steps to eliminate invasive species. For most of this country, pythons just are not a threat to our ecosystem. Winter takes care of it. I see no reason to eliminate them from the pet trade for most of the country. People that have small dogs should go outside with their dog because everything wants to eat small dogs. If you have a small child, you should go outside with it because everything bigger than you might want to eat you. Accept it and move on. That's just the way it is. If you live in parts of the world where you are likely to find dangerous animals, plan ahead, carry a gun, knife, bear spray etc. Don't go looking for a fight, but know how to handle it if it happens and don't whine like a victim. For reptiles, require that all animals capable of being invasive be chipped for sale at pet expos, pet stores or large scale breeders. Do random follow ups during inspections and call it good. There is a market for snakeskin, so people that find one wild in places it shouldn't be, can get a little profit and do a good deed by eliminating an invasive from the ecosystem. Check it for a chip before skinning it and contact the authorities. Work with the local good old boys to keep the invasive population down. Some of those people would think it great fun to get paid for skin and make a meal of it at the same time. Plus, one less invasive in the everglades. Actually, that would be a few less chickens slaughtered to feed those people, so no wasted loss of life. I may think different having kept predators. What some think as cruel, I think as nature and food.