It probably has to do with Australia's strict law of not exporting the wild life. You can get some out with intensive captive breeding program and have prove that all the animals were of captive raised and borned for certain generation, I think. Even then you still need a permit to sell them to people oversea. So all the Ackies sold are all captive raised and borned. There are no wild Ackies imported into other country. That's why they are so expensive, but to me they are worth it. Captive ones are less likely to harbor parasites and acclimate well to captive situation. Plus if you think about it, all of the rodents you would have to feed a large monitor would quickly add up and surpass the price of your Ackies in a very short period of time. In the long run it's a lot cheaper to buy Ackies. They only eat a fraction of what the larger monitor eat.

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