Good letter and I agree with it.

I am from Canada, and let me say that world wide we all face the same aspect. We don't have to face bills etc.. so far, but we never know.


"2.) General preconceived beliefs. The public overall is not very well informed about reptiles and amphibians and much of their fear lies in the false beliefs they were taught while growing up. "

I really think educating the public is the way to go. But do you have any suggestions ? TV or Newspaper ads ? I think the YouTube show like .tv help us in that way. Reaching mostly a young and curious group. Hope it does.


"3.) Finally, the general public has preconceived stereotypes of the type of individual who would keep or breed reptiles or amphibians, none of which is looked at (from a societal viewpoint) as being particularly positive. Generally, if a person has a reptile or amphibian as a pet the first image the public conjures of that person is a negative combination of some of the following stereotypes: bikers, people with tattoos, law breakers, social deviants, mentally unstable personalities, outcasts, heavy metal enthusiasts, the uneducated, devil worshipers, the poor, and drug users or dealers – this list isn’t all inclusive, but it is a fair example of some of the images the general public will come up with when thinking about “the typical” herpetology enthusiast. "

I agree on that again. I am far from these ones. I am a well education professional young person. Hard for some people to believe that I keep these. It also usually help them, they ask questions and trust me more. I think we need to keep working on that aspect.
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