Once the government "owns" the animal they are able to "sell" it too. Since the people running the government changes according to elections one year they may be truly interested in protecting the animals and their habitat but the next year, or next decade, they may be interested in "selling" them, the habitat that is.

That is why the voting public needs to be aware and interested in protecting habitats. Private ownership and private collecting are but two of many ways to keep the public interested in protecting herps and their habitats. But they are very effective as has been shown with game animals and fish.

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