The original question is actually a general one...and a good one at that. The part of the question that the original poster struggles with is the part you are making reference to. My personal thoughts and others get at parts of the whole. And my general thought of, "Why take snakes from the wild when there is almost no need to at all any more to do so?" ...For me includes all of the above. And I thought that there is some really good food for thought in the other response to the original question and to my opinions.

As for the whole idea of "snakes in captivity" in general...I still feel that wild snakes belong in the wild & our current huge population of c/b snakes would not even EXIST otherwise. So I will assert that if we provide them with proper conditions to thrive it sure beats the alternative. Also, having kept MANY kinds of pets over the past several decades: Since snakes are actually very easy to properly maintain with basic skills and resources, I feel that we have the ability to provide a decent existence for them much better than so many of the animals that folks attempt to keep. The pet trade is certainly here to stay, and I think that snakes are one of the most under-rated pets in the world. My 3 cents. The extra penny is a bunus.
Duffy

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