for them. they let the exotic animal rules in ohio expire. too much regulation, they said. "our standpoint right now is this is not something we're enforcing. if it was enforced at this very moment it would hurt small businesses." no telling how on earth small businesses are helped by these 49 dead animals. 18 of them rare bengal tigers, among the most threatened species in the world. it is frankly bizarre this is a political issue at all, that wild animal trafficking is the sort of thing about which there would be controversy that there ought to be rules. believe it or not, this is not the first time this came up or the first time this has come up this year. it's not just john kasich in ohio. last month republicans in congress called in a snake breeder to testify against what they called the job killing regulations of the obama administration. this guy breeds exotic pythons and sells them by mail order as pets and does not want the u.s. fish and wildlife service to ban him from doing that. i'm sure he doesn't. we have government so guys like that aren't the final arbiter of