I would argue that the captive bred reptile industry is infinitely more profitable than the wild caught one. I think that these laws hurt commerce, restrict the flow of knowlege and passion about native wildlife, and are simply ignorant about the needs of the animals themselves. More over I think that in today's eco friendly political climate that politicians would be wise to do more than just greenwash. People will gather behind someone they can trust on environmental issues.

I believe in plenty of conspiracy theories and money trails, but some things you can chock up to plain ignorance.

Reminds me of a quote my father always used to say...
If you will not lead you are bound to be led by people less qualified than yourself.

Politicians are not scientists. They hire scientists and then the try miserably to only adopt the parts that are convenient for them to get ELECTED.

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• Endangered by state??? - zach_whitman, Fri Jun 18 00:13:39 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - varanid, Fri Jun 18 00:36:59 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - KevinM, Fri Jun 18 08:45:50 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - BassSnatcher34, Fri Jun 18 08:53:24 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - zach_whitman, Fri Jun 18 11:33:45 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - mrkent, Fri Jun 18 23:48:05 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - Jlassiter, Fri Jun 18 10:19:30 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - KevinM, Fri Jun 18 11:49:15 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - a153fish, Fri Jun 18 12:01:03 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - Jlassiter, Fri Jun 18 12:29:21 2010
• On a related note... - zach_whitman, Fri Jun 18 12:04:44 2010
• RE: On a related note... - FR, Fri Jun 18 12:30:02 2010
• Couldn't agree more - zach_whitman, Fri Jun 18 12:49:33 2010
• RE: Couldn't agree more - varanid, Fri Jun 18 14:16:30 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - FR, Fri Jun 18 12:17:56 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - zach_whitman, Fri Jun 18 12:27:11 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - FR, Fri Jun 18 12:40:49 2010
• Making more people SHOULD be regulated! - zach_whitman, Fri Jun 18 12:52:13 2010
• You just answered your own question - Jeff Schofield, Fri Jun 18 18:23:47 2010
• RE: Making more people SHOULD be regulated! - Aaron, Fri Jun 18 18:24:51 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - KINGBOA, Fri Jun 18 19:49:05 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - KINGBOA, Sat Jun 19 21:11:56 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - varanid, Fri Jun 18 12:42:24 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - Jeff Schofield, Fri Jun 18 18:42:43 2010
• RE: Endangered by state??? - Aaron, Fri Jun 18 22:36:50 2010
• Mythbusters..... - JYohe, Sat Jun 19 17:32:20 2010
• RE: Mythbusters..... - zach_whitman, Sun Jun 20 00:22:55 2010
• RE: Mythbusters..... - varanid, Sun Jun 20 01:45:41 2010
• RE: Mythbusters..... - zach_whitman, Sun Jun 20 14:23:01 2010
• Coluber constrictor ssp? - nategodin, Fri Jun 18 14:51:01 2010
• RE: Coluber constrictor ssp? - zach_whitman, Sat Jun 19 03:22:29 2010
• Its all about MONEY - Jeff Schofield, Fri Jun 18 18:06:02 2010
• REALLY? - zach_whitman, Sat Jun 19 03:11:31 2010
• RE: REALLY? - Jeff Schofield, Sat Jun 19 16:34:01 2010