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Thomas S.
at Sun May 3 14:36:42 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Thomas S. ]
>>In some cases your evaluation is accurate-but in many cases it is not. Many reptile-related pet stores are owned and run by breeders. I myself have been breeding reptiles since 1972, and owned my own shop for many years.
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>>There are lots of bad apples out there, of course. But I can tell you the average pet owner is FAR more likely to get good animals and good advice from an independent store than from the big chains like Petco and Petsmart....
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>>As for PIJAC, they have been very helpful to our cause in the past. Recently they helped us in Texas turn unreasonable regulations of constrictors and venomous into something we can live with.
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>>Brad Chambers
>>WWW.HCU-TX.ORG
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>>The Avalanche has already started-it is too late for the pebbles to vote....
You are correct but I meant the general per stores, big chain or independent. We used to have reptile stores around here and they were great but they don't stay in business long unfortunately.
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