" How do folks who do not support the selling of wild caught native U.S. herps feel about the importation of exotic wild caught herps? Is that okay or do we shut down everything and close any hope of new blood, different localities, new species in the trade and new morphs? " Mike Welker



My feelings are that it's not that cut and dry . It's situational depending on species , location , population density's, collecting quotas etc. Are we talking about importing ball pythons and redtail boas as opposed to collecting sirens and corn snakes ? I don't think it can be covered with blanket statements. To me it's not a question of selling WC yes or no but more a question of selling a specific species of wc and the circumstances surrounding it yes or no.



Ernie Eison

westwoodreptiles.com

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• Herp Groups: Commercial & Recreational - OHI, Tue Mar 4 02:19:42 2008
• RE: Herp Groups: Commercial & Recreation - Joe Forks, Tue Mar 4 07:13:21 2008
• RE: Herp Groups: Commercial & Recreation - TexasReptiles, Tue Mar 4 07:31:26 2008
• further.... - Joe Forks, Tue Mar 4 07:59:57 2008
• RE: Herp Groups: Commercial & Recreation - brhaco, Tue Mar 4 07:45:11 2008
• Also- - brhaco, Tue Mar 4 08:21:47 2008
• RE: Herp Groups: Commercial & Recreation - Aaron, Wed Mar 5 09:18:19 2008
• RE: Herp Groups: Commercial & Recreational - lbenton, Tue Mar 4 13:11:17 2008
• Can we hear from some new folks? - OHI, Tue Mar 4 14:08:32 2008
• RE: Can we hear from some new folks? - Joe Forks, Tue Mar 4 16:09:03 2008
• RE: Can we hear from some new folks? - luhrsreptiles, Wed Mar 5 20:33:26 2008
• RE: Can we hear from some new folks? - Joe Forks, Thu Mar 6 07:05:26 2008
• by the way... - Joe Forks, Thu Mar 6 07:10:21 2008
• RE: Can we hear from some new folks? - luhrsreptiles, Thu Mar 6 17:45:50 2008
• RE: Can we hear from some new folks? - Joe Forks, Fri Mar 7 08:06:45 2008
• RE: Can we hear from some new folks? - brhaco, Fri Mar 7 08:13:40 2008
• RE: Can we hear from some new folks? - OHI, Mon Mar 10 02:53:30 2008
• RE: Can we hear from some new folks? - Joe Forks, Mon Mar 10 07:18:11 2008
• Habitual Liar - OHI, Mon Mar 10 23:24:49 2008
• RE: Habitual Liar - Joe Forks, Tue Mar 11 08:31:19 2008
• RE: Habitual Liar - OHI, Tue Mar 11 15:34:17 2008
• Correction - OHI, Tue Mar 11 16:33:35 2008
• RE: Habitual Liar - Joe Forks, Tue Mar 11 18:55:32 2008
• RE: Habitual Liar - OHI, Tue Mar 11 20:03:22 2008
• RE: Habitual Liar - antelope, Thu Mar 13 01:23:25 2008
• RE: Habitual Liar - OHI, Thu Mar 13 15:56:32 2008
• RE: Can we hear from some new folks? - wstreps, Tue Mar 4 16:46:46 2008
• RE: Herp Groups: Commercial & Recreational - jscrick, Tue Mar 4 15:42:39 2008
• Horses.. - jpenney, Tue Mar 4 16:41:16 2008
• Thanks Ernie and John - OHI, Tue Mar 4 19:13:05 2008
• RE: Herp Groups: Commercial & Recreational - luhrsreptiles, Wed Mar 5 20:23:26 2008
• RE: Herp Groups: Commercial & Recreational - Aaron, Wed Mar 5 23:22:34 2008
• RE: Herp Groups: Commercial & Recreational - superdave1781, Mon Mar 10 10:47:33 2008
• RE: Herp Groups: Commercial & Recreation - Joe Forks, Tue Mar 11 09:42:27 2008
• Thanks David - OHI, Wed Mar 12 05:58:27 2008
• RE: Thanks David - antelope, Thu Mar 13 01:39:15 2008
• RE: Thanks David - OHI, Thu Mar 13 16:05:49 2008
• That's cool! - MaxPeterson, Thu Mar 13 16:35:34 2008
• RE: That's cool! - antelope, Thu Mar 13 20:26:40 2008
• RE: That's cool! - MaxPeterson, Thu Mar 13 21:22:20 2008
• RE: That's cool! - antelope, Mon Mar 17 08:52:53 2008