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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