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mchambers
at Fri Mar 17 14:51:24 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by mchambers ]
hypothetical at least mostly. from what i gather on the virus of the released gopher tortoise it may of took decades to mingle with wild population and very MANY let go pets. There are theories that other situations was involved on the spreading of the virus as well. might of been a climatic event/s, some variety of food source helping the spread of the virus, etc. There has been some relocations of animals including herps with and without the legal ramifications that has not jeopardized wild species. there has even been relocations to establish wild and breeders colonies in certain areas of the country without all the quarantines, without parasitic checks, health checks,etc. may i remind everyone of the release of very many WDBs of these rattlesnake roundups. i would think that a study of conclusive evidence would suggest or support there is an alarming problem of released or re-released rattlesnakes would prove out as a problem. Do i support releasing captive, held over, or whatever ? no not really but on a scientific wise account.....i don't really see it either. One other point about virsus > the dog viruses of several years back > they don't really know how it all begain. There was actually asumptions that it came accross from Mexico and infected thousands of pet dogs in the USA. Yeah , right !
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RE: Relocating wild specimens.hypothe - mchambers, Fri Mar 17 14:51:24 2006