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at Sun Aug 24 02:09:06 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by WW ]
Clifford Warwick is a UK anti herpetoculture campaigner, who, based on his own abject failures, claims that is simply impossible to keep any reptile properly in captivity, how cruel reptile shows are (did you know they sell hatchling snakes in - ::gasp:: - margarine tubs???)and how they should be banned, and how much any herpetoculture damages wild populations.
He tends to loose credibility when these statements of his are accompanied by photos of him standing in front of racks of CB albino kingsnakes on sale at a show, but unfortunately, a number of UK agencies (e.g., RSPCA) have joined him in his crusade.
Ray's post title is more than a little misleading - BGF has been a consistent campaigner FOR herper's rights, so any analogy is more than a little misleading.
Let's just remember one thing: the most damaging headline of all for herpers would be:
"10 Year Old Killed by 'Harmless' Pet Snake"
Subtitled:
"How can this be allowed to happen?" asks distraught mother
Putting out the info that care should be taken with some known and any unknown colubrid will do us a lot more good in the long run.
Cheers,
Wolfgang
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RE: Who's Clifford Warwick? - WW, Sun Aug 24 02:09:06 2003