But human mentality again jumps in, If these animals are in your yard, why would you want them in a cage??? Normally, these folks want something that's NOT in their yard. By all rights, Australia or Asia/indo, should be and will be the best(have the best results) THEY HAVE THE ANIMALS.



I can't fully agree with that. True the exotic always has more allure but that doesn't stop people from breeding what's in their owns yards . How many guys in Florida breed corn snakes or how many people in Australia breed carpets and diamonds. Collectors generally breed a wide range of native stuff as long as it's practical and hopefully profitable.



The people who want to put the effort into breeding monitors is always going to be a select few . This is because it doesn't matter where you are for the most part their really not practical or profitable to breed. 99% of monitor buyers are people who get them for pets not breeding projects.



As far as the US having overly restrictive laws . It's not the US. It's Australia , Malaysia the Philippines that don't allow export . These are the places with the overly restrictive laws . If animals are legally exported from these places there's no problem with bringing them into the States.



Ernie Eison

Westwoodreptiles.com

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