Brad, I have nothing personal against you but instead of giving me your point of view it just looked a little like a personal jeer/stab at me on your part.
I support captive propagation as a very important part of conservation and would never be a member of a group that did not. I think we need everyone to get this as the reality is if you believe global warming is happening and will continue then it will cause the end of many reptile species in the wild. So there will be no saving them in the wild. Fire ants will spread north and devastate the reptile populations in there path as they have lowered the numbers of those in the south east to date. Yet collectors get the blame for this I am sure even though you can go to a good collecting area where no collector has been and still not find real high numbers of any species in the south east except some lizards that seam to be able to avoid the ants more than most reptiles can.
The fact is any group that helps pass laws that hurt captive breeding projects in anyway are not good. In time they will see that the bad reality is we may end up only being able to save many of these species in captivity and only if we do would we ever have any chance of reintroduction to the wild when and if we or the earth itself can ever fix it. Now this sounds bleak but yet is true especially if you believe in global warming.
Nobody that keeps snakes should be a part of any group that doesn't whole heartedly support captive propagation.
We need to promote captive propagation no matter what, warming or no warming.
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Noah was the first snake collector. ~Eric~

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