What does he do with the 12 cubs? Seems it would be hard to find good homes for them year after year. Although it is a big country and I am always amazed at what people are able to do.

The biggest hurdle in private ownership of large and dangerous reptiles past enclosures and care- which at times in the private sector exceeds that of public institutions- is simply time.

Large crocodilians and tortoises/turtles live a long time. I just turned 40 and we have a tremendous group of young,vibrant Nile crocodiles. If they all live 70 years obviously I am not likely to be the best caretaker at 110.

A public institution has to simply turn the reigns of animal care over to the next qualified individual. It's one of the reasons we are slowly changing our business structure so we can evolve into a similiar situation. It helps to ensure the animals will receive care throughout their life. In my case my son could inherit the business or if his interests differ sell it.

But in many cases I think this is a near insurmountable problem.





>>we are working to take care of a lot of those concerns.
>>Michigan doesnt bother with non-native species requiring the individual cities to regulate them. Two problems are the un-incorporated areas and the fact that most cities dont bother untl something happens.
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>>I have a friend, who has a tiger breeding program. he currently has 8 adult tigers and roughly 12 cubs. he lives in what is a "No Mans" land. he is legit and very scientific in his approach. he has zoological quality enclosures. now picture someone doing the same, but, for money with no regulations they can just chain a 400# cat to a tree.
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>>i collect a lot of crocodilians from waterways in michigan. that doesnt cover the venomous snakes being kept by teens. one case in point is where a 14 yr old bought a monacled cobra off the net with moms credit card. she discovered it when cleaning his room. thank god it was safely held in an aquarium, think if she had lifted the lid?
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