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From YouTube: County Board Wrap-Up: March 2017 Pets
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Excerpt from the March edition of County Board Wrap-Up featuring Board Chair Jay Fisette's discussion of the Board's consideration of a ban on wild or exotic pets.
A
And
this
issue
is
kind
of
a
hot
topic
around
arlington
and
has
been
for
quit
since
it
first
get
on
the
radar,
because
of
course
it
deals
with
our
pets
and
we
love
our
pets,
but
this
is
kind
of
dealing
with
the
different
sorts
of
pets,
so
to
speak,
the
exotic
animals
and
the
idea
of
possibly
banning
wild
and
exotic
animals
tell
me
what
we
didn't
with
the
board
decided
this
meeting.
We.
B
Didn't
decide
anything
at
this
meeting,
yet
we
punted
for
a
couple
of
months
to
get
more
information.
I
think
I
should
people
ask
me:
why
are
you
doing
this
and
the
answer
is
we
were
asked
to
do
this
and
it
came
from
a
number
of
community
activists
and
people
who
care
about
animals
and
the
animal
welfare
league,
the
arlington
animal
welfare
league.
So,
on
their
request,
we
took
up
and
the
staff
looked
at
an
ordinance
that
would
prohibit
certain
types
of
exotic
animals
from
being
in
the
county.
B
Do
we
know
if
they're
here
now
we're
not
really
we
don't
know?
Probably
there
are
some,
but
it's
not
like.
We've
had
a
big
issue.
Arguably
this
is
about
pre-empting
a
problem
if
it
were
to
happen
and
I
think
so
many
jurisdictions
have
done
this
in
the
past,
including
some
of
our
neighbors
any
Fairfax
as
well.
So
that's
why
we're
doing
it?
B
We
did
hear
from
a
lot
of
people
when
the
ordinance
Draft
came
up
left
this
last
month
and
based
on
that
input,
a
lot
of
people
a
lot
more
than
I
would
have
known,
actually
knows
something
about
this
or
have
exotic
pets
or
have
dealt
with
them
in
one
form
or
fashion,
some
within
the
county
and
somewhere
outside
the
county.
So
we
decided
to
make
sure
the
staff
engaged
with
these
folks
got
the
benefit
of
their
information
to
see,
if
maybe
something
should
be
removed
from
the
list.
That's
more
common
pet!