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If you live in Florida and have an exotic pet you don't want anymore, the state is offering a day of amnesty to turn it in.The big worry, says the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, is that people with illegal exotic pets will simply open the door and let them go, or slip them into a local pond or river.Many pets, the commission says, can't survive in the wild, but equally important it is "not ecologically responsible" to toss a species into the ecosystem that could harm native wildlife. Many of the 133 non-native species now found in the wild in Florida came from released pets, it says.Owners can bring their exotic reptiles, amphibians, birds, fish and mammals -- but no domestic cats and dogs -- to the MetroZoo in Miami on March 21, Florida's fifth Nonnative Pet Amnesty Day.Oh, and owners of "reptiles of concern," such as Burmese pythons, can get them microchipped for $32.
