I know. And now they are never going to be either. That was the point I was trying to make.

This also isn't necessarily true-under the law, there is a mechanism by which breeders may bring in new species/new blood in small numbers-the stipulation being that they can not be sold to the general pet market, only used as breeding stock. I would want the same thing for herps. Sure, we might lose a few rare and unpopular species (surprisingly few, I believe), but our industry and hobby that we all love so much would continue.

Again, I'm not advocating this as the ideal situation, just saying that the parrot breeders were facing a very similar situation 20 years ago, and they reached a compromise that allowed their industry to continue to exist. We may soon face some stark choices, so we should be ready with ideas if/when that occurs.
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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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