I Kept Exotic Pets in Singapore
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2024
- In 2019, I was justifiably punished for illegally keeping exotic reptiles as pets in Singapore.
Early this year, @mewatch , @chongeileen, @jnofromtheblock reached out to me with an opportunity to share my story. You can check that out on MeWatch, Channel 8 and even RUclips!
However, this video @robbintann & I made was discussed since 2021 but we never had reason to produce it. With Grey Matters now out on these platforms, it was time for us to talk about my past in greater detail. It's time to meet Randy Nonis.
CHAPTERS
00:00 : Opener
00:15 : The Price For Exotics
00:50 : Why I Started Herping
01:15 : MeWatch Documentary Experience
02:00 : Robbin Shares About Exotics
03:00 : Robbin Shares About Randal
03:30 : Randal's Journey & Emotions
05:00 : A Hopeful Future
05:50 : Randy Nonis & Randal Harknis
/ randalharknis
/ robbintann 
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Good on you for not letting that set back keep you down, or define you. Everybody makes mistakes, as long as we learn from them (and hopefully not hurting anyone else) then we press forward.
Thx for watching! It kept me down for sometime but I've been able to repurpose my passions into filming them and it's been great so far!
Hi Randal, I too am somewhat a reptile lover (more accurately mostly just tortoises) living in Singapore and none of the tortoises are allowed here. In 1 part of the video you mentioned about moving out of Singapore to be a 'Dragon Dad' again, its so sad that there might be many more Singaporeans thinking the same because of similar reasons.
And I just want to ask, Is there no way we can get some of the reptiles we love approved in Singapore? I am very sure there is at least 1 or 2 that meets the requirements of Nparks, just that it hasn't gotten to their attention yet, like for example it doesn't make sense for the traits that of a 80cm in size Macaw Parrot to be allowed but a 20cm slow and gentle hermanns tortoise is not allowed. perhaps we need to let our voices out and try to make it happen. 😇
Hi! Trust me I understand the frustration. Unfortunately, it’s going to be an uphill battle trying to make changes here.
As long as decision and policy makers continue to push the rhetoric of the reptile keeping hobby as part of the illegal wildlife trade, things aren’t changing.
The easiest solution as ridiculous as it sounds is to move abroad where the rules are more inclusive and better thought out than the blanket ban we have here haha.
Banning bearded dragons, leopard geckos and other commonly kept species that aren’t problematic has always boggled my mind but whatever I guess.
I was a proud father of 3 dragons. They were the best years of my life. They were taken from me and I’m all out of fight and voicing opinions sadly. However I genuinely wish you all the best 🫡
@@dragonvoices I can feel your pain... These are your pets that you adore and love and to have that taken from you like that, moreover from a ban that entirely makes no sense, residents keeping several big birds like african greys is somehow legal and there so many residents keeping cats that it became 'fine'. but keeping even a single small skink that causes no disturbance to anyone is not allowed.
But what happened exactly if you dont mind sharing, was it because you were keeping a number of them or was it someone that made a complain behind your back?
@@sgtl2655 Hi! You can check out the documentary I did with mewatch where they go into a little more detail on what happened 😅
There’s a linktree to it from my IG heh
Yay for DRAGON VOICES
YAY for ILAN HERP STUFF
Thanks kairong!
ia it illegal to keep exotic animals in Singapore?! also great work
THX FOR WATCHING. In Singapore, we can keep Red Ear Sliders, Malayan Box Turtles & Green Tree frogs. But lizards and snakes are a sure fire way to earn you a hefty fine and trip to the courts lol
@@dragonvoices i see.
Hedgehog can?
Taiwanwse can keep tarnaular spider those non poisonous type