Andrew;

"Please don't assume that just because things are not sizzling on the forums that there is nothing going on."



I think all people reading this forum, especially are aware that there is magic brewing behind the scenes on our side.

I can only begin to imagine how much effort went into breaking HR669 so far.

The 50.000 letters written to congressmen are only the tip of the iceberg that represents the effort responsible reptile keepers has put into halting HR669 so far.

Behind these letters lie at least 50.000 e-mails back and forth, a 22 times more demanding effort, since e-mails are sent to a single recipient and contain a unique rephrase of thoughts. This fight has been so much more than a 100.000 letters, there is lobbying around, forum and blogwriting, research, journalism, reorganisation, planning, organisation, participation and surely more I have forgot.

Yet, a tiny fraction of the people in the joint initiative, have sacrificed the largest portion of their time, while the others have just pitched in a little in comparison. No matter how little you may have pitched into the effort so far, yours has been a very valuable addition. There is no way to count the hours spent by the reptile nation in contemplation over this scary trend in society, that herpetoculture is on the brink of collapse in the US of today.

A good proactive effort would be lowering tolerance of indifference.

This thing should be a concern to a lot more herpetoculturists, the ones who participate here, in other forums or through other channels are nor the problem.

I din´t mean to appeal for massive partisipation in this forum, only in general It should not be tolerated that herpetoculturists treat this topic with dis-interest or indifference.



Best wishes

oby

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