Oby,



The plan should be to defeat the idea of a positive list to begin with. It would be tough to argue the domestication of any herp. Let's say you could, then only those few would be allowed. That is the wrong approach. The idea should be that you are allowed to keep any herp as long as it was legally acquired, proper husbandry is being given and reasonable safety against escape is assured. On top of that make it illegal to release any non-natives, allow for tracking and inspection by qualified wildlife officials.



We need to set our arguements in science, logic, common sense and freedom from radical agenda.



Many folks who push an AR agenda actually keep pets. I read the petition that the box turtle people started to outlaw turtle harvest, sales and breeding in Texas. Most of the people were signing to protect their pets "relatives" in the wild. Not realizing that if one day they wanted to breed their turtle it would be illegal. Or if their turtle died and they needed to get another one it would be illegal.



We need to stand on principles. If zoos safely keep pythons then so can we. If zoos can safely keep primates and big cats then so can we. It is all how you set the standards. We need to set the rules not the AR groups.



Welkerii

El Paso, TX

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