Are you kidding?

Any herper who is not disgusted by this kind of thing is a disgrace. The animal welfare issues surrounding our hobby are truly atrocious. There is a REASON why HSUS is against exotic pet ownership. I am not saying I agree with HSUS, I think that the rational response is education and legislation, not outrageous bans and incursions on our freedoms and rights. But the amount of reptiles that die horrible negligent deaths in the US every year is astounding and unacceptable.

People like this distributer give everyone a bad name. I was in reptile retail and have been in dozens of import/wholesale facilities. Are things sometimes crowded? Yes. Are conditions always perfect? No. is there still a right way and a wrong way to go about doing things so that animals are not completely neglected? Yes.

Any herper backing up a place like that or even buying from them should really be ashamed of themselves.

Stepping off soapbox...

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• Pulled from an AP website... - bizkit421, Wed Dec 16 06:13:22 2009
• RE: Pulled from an AP website... - Upscale, Wed Dec 16 07:55:40 2009
• RE: Pulled from an AP website... - davidfabius, Wed Dec 16 08:30:12 2009
• RE: Pulled from an AP website... - antelope, Wed Dec 16 10:09:03 2009
• RE: Pulled from an AP website... - SDeFriez, Wed Dec 16 10:59:46 2009
• RE: Pulled from an AP website... - rtdunham, Wed Dec 16 23:08:55 2009
• RE: Pulled from an AP website... - zach_whitman, Thu Dec 17 01:35:12 2009
• RE: Pulled from an AP website... - Upscale, Thu Dec 17 08:12:41 2009
• RE: Pulled from an AP website... - ChristopherD, Thu Dec 17 09:11:33 2009
• RE: Pulled from an AP website... - Bluerosy, Thu Dec 17 12:04:01 2009
• RE: Pulled from an AP website... - Upscale, Thu Dec 17 13:48:13 2009
• RE: Pulled from an AP website... - ChristopherD, Thu Dec 17 14:50:50 2009
• RE: Pulled from an AP website... - rtdunham, Wed Dec 30 10:32:00 2009
• RE: Pulled from an AP website... - zach_whitman, Fri Dec 18 01:14:46 2009
• RE: Pulled from an AP website... - varanid, Fri Dec 18 10:33:42 2009
• The PETA connection - Upscale, Thu Dec 17 09:12:18 2009
• RE: The PETA connection - varanid, Thu Dec 17 12:56:45 2009
• RE: The PETA connection - Upscale, Thu Dec 17 13:16:43 2009
• amen upscale - thomas davis, Thu Dec 17 13:45:27 2009
• RE: The PETA connection - rtdunham, Wed Dec 30 11:28:53 2009
• RE: The PETA connection - Bluerosy, Thu Dec 17 14:59:13 2009
• RE: The PETA connection - varanid, Thu Dec 17 16:29:36 2009
• RE: The PETA connection - bizkit421, Thu Dec 17 21:20:33 2009
• RE: The PETA connection - garweft, Thu Dec 17 19:06:20 2009
• Upscale.... - bizkit421, Thu Dec 17 21:22:48 2009