You know, I've fought this with letters, emails, calls till I'm getting blisters on my typing fingers! But I admit I see your point. Just why do we still import so much? It definitely isn't necessary-just look at the aviculture hobby, almost 20 years after importation ended, and they are still going strong. I frankly think it hurts our credibility, and definitely hurts the market for captive bred reptiles.



Maybe we should be proactive and come forward with a legislative agenda that is a win-win, one that will help the domestic herp market and defuse this pressure for more and more restrictions on our hobby.
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Brad Chambers

WWW.HCU-TX.ORG



Breeder of:

Green Tree Pythons

Jungle Carpet Pythons

Pastel, Pinstripe, FIRE, Piebald, Clown, Lavender Albino, Leucistic, and Spider Ball Pythons

Striped Colombian Boa Constrictors

Kenyan, Rufescens, and Conicus Sand Boas

Red Phase Western Hognose Snakes

Spider Western Hognose Snakes

Albino Western Hognose Snakes

Locality Trans-Pecos Mexican Hognose Snakes

Southern Hognose Snakes

Eastern Hognose Snakes

Tricolor Hognose Snakes

Hypo Checkered Garter Snakes

Eastern Blackneck Garter Snakes

Stillwater Hypo Bullsnakes

Patternless Bullsnakes

S. GA Eastern Kingsnakes

Locality Desert Kingsnakes

Albino Desert Kingsnakes

Hypo Desert Kingsnakes

Mexican Black Kingsnakes

Desert Phase, Striped Desert, Newport, and Coastal California Kingsnakes

Locality Mexican Milksnakes

Spotted Mexican Milksnakes

Tangerine Mexican Milksnakes

Locality Alterna

Abbott Okeetee Cornsnakes

Mexican Baird's Ratsnakes

Cape Housesnakes

Tangerine Albino African Fat -Tailed Geckos

Locality Spotted Turtles

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