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OHI
at Sat May 9 14:26:31 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by OHI ]
Joe,
You are correct but this takes wild caught to start with and this country and planet operate in the capitalistic system. Most of the crocodile programs, including the American alligator, still harvest eggs from the wild. Most herp species are not bred in captivity so wild harvest and sales is still needed. We can stop the harvest of gray-bands and ball pythons if you want. People also want certain localities and not everyone has the funds, time or knowledge to collect them themselves. Also many times specimens are needed NOW not in a couple years when they are captively bred and raised up. And finally, with sustainable harvest herps can be harvested indefinitely and it doesn't matter what you do with the animals after they are harvested.
Welkerii
El Paso, TX
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