Very good points everybody brought up. I think very good insights.

Unfortunately we in the hobby are sometimes looked upon by proffessionals, politicians and the general public as shallow consumers of wild resources. Like the man who HAS to have a bear or tiger ot Chimp as a house pet. Or a very wealthy spoiled individual that MUST have his own Bald Eagle. That perception gets no sympathy from those folks. PETA folks look at us as mass consumers of reptiles as disposable pets. Living creatures that they see as belonging in the wild not kept in tiny little plastic bins like chickens raised in little boxes for the food industry inhumanely.

A big PR problem for being respected and taken seriously.

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