First don’t get me wrong, its not about having control, its about not abusing a situation.
You see its not a question of these monitors being high in numbers, the abuse starts with the poor peoples collecting them, they have no education and live in the poorest parts of the world, we as importers offer little per animal, of course we know each $4 lizards will generate more income then if we after them a decent price for the same animal.

Once this $4 lizard arrives at the shop, we offer it at $12 and hope to make even more profit with all the accessories we sale with it.

I am not saying stop selling them or the accessories, no all I am asking is to start offering a reasonable amount of money at the beginning of the chain, ask more for them at the shop, its common knowledge keepers take better care when they pay a higher price.
Its not about making more money, its about saving a few animals.

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