Just because some states do something doesn’t mean it is the correct or fair thing to do. Let’s look at Tennessee and Georgia: you can’t collect, possess, breed or sell native non-venomous snakes. Tennessee and Georgia passed these laws. They have to be good, right? You want that same law here in Texas don’t you folks? Why do recreational folks feel the need to pander to decision-makers? A little brown nosing? As long as that decision-maker doesn’t take away something you like to do then you will support what ever they say? Since you personally don’t want to sell wild-caught herps you are willing to give that right away to keep recreational (wink, wink) collecting? C’mon folks. Live in the real world.





OK, I am a little confused who gave what away? Last I heard our rights were taken away despite the good arguments and logic of the herp community. This is in many ways a political issue we need to deal with inside TP&W related to the way they view herpers. It is an expectation of some of them that we collect every animal we come across to sell it, and that we have no reguard for the law. That is simply not true for the vast majority of us, and in reality such a practice would not set well politically in any circle. We are in truth conservationist and we should make every effort to project that image until we wash away that crap they are labeling us with.
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