Principle: A law whose purpose is to protect wild animal populations should not be enforced against those whose actions do not threaten wild animal populations
Application: Even though there is a law against capturing wild snakes, which was enacted to protect wild snake populations, snake charmers who violate this law should not be prosecuted
Since there are relatively few snake charmers and they each capture relatively few snakes per year, snake charmers have a minimal effect on wild populations.