Todd,



What I was suggesting was not to add the non-game stamp as something being required in addition to the current hunting license and permits. My thought waa to dump the permit system for the majority of us and replace it with the non-game stamp and the hunting license. I think the permit system would have to probably stay in place to deal with the truly commerical collectors (that being those people that collect and sell wild-caught animals). I don't know that I would support a progam that would require a commerical permit for breeders that are selling only captive born animals. Outside of the true commerical collectors who take wild caught stock to sell commerically, I would think that the hunting license with a non-game stamp would work for the remainder of us and at the same time produce more income for TP&W that would be dedicated to their non-game/wildlife diversity programs. Basically TP&W would have to looks at us as two different groups....those of us who are essentially sportsmen which would be most of us and the commerical guys taking wild caught herps to sell. It would be much the same way that they now seperate sports fishermen from the commerical fishermen who sell their catch for money.
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Gerald Keown

Southwestern Center for Herpetological Research

www.southwesternherp.com

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