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Originally Posted by franks
So... Basically you took the question "what herps should not be kept as pets?" -and through a series of short essays on this post came to the conclusion that none of them should be? They shouldn't be "bought, sold, or traded" at all. So if it were up to you, none of us would have reptiles of aby kind?
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Um...no, no, and no.
No, I never said no herps should be kept as pets. I never said none of them should be bought, sold, or traded. And I never said if it were up to me, nobody else would have reptiles of any kind. That would be hypocritical and selfish of me.
Those are assumptions on your part.
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I have merely stated my opinions that the issues & problems we are experiencing (legislature, irresponsible keepers, etc) are caused by the herp hobby & industry as a whole, and as a whole, everyone is part of that hobby, and everyone is part of that merry-go-round, including myself. I'm not saying that everyone stops keeping pets right now. All I have been saying is that the way we have been doing things thus far is not working, because these problems are still existing and getting worse.
Is regulation the answer? Maybe & maybe not. But we're not doing it by ourselves very well. Just saying.
Is revolution the answer? Maybe....but I'm telling you the game has changed just a tad in the past few centuries.
But whatever...you guys are the breeders, so you know better and more than me. I only see the bad and the worse, so I apparently I could not possibly offer any fresh perspective to this matter.
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