Of course habitat destruction is the real problem. Take the Eastern Indigo. Have they been over collected? I think not. There habitat is being destroyed to make way for money making developments. But the original post was asking how our captive breeding is helping to conserve populations. The answer is NONE. If the land they live in no longer exists. But this is all based on the assumtion that Reptiles are in fact disapearing all over the globe. I don't think we can really determine that, other than habitat destruction. I believe populations of animals and plants fluctuate. One year harsh weather may reduce populations of a particular species and then they can easily recover when conditions improve. Remember most snakes can double and triple clutch when conditions are optimum. Fluctuation is how nature works in almost every area. Cycles everything is cycles!
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• a point I would like to make ... - pinstripe15, Sun Jun 27 16:01:54 2010
• did you post this in every forum? - a153fish, Sun Jun 27 16:38:55 2010
• RE: did you post this in every forum? - tbrock, Sun Jun 27 17:41:18 2010
• RE: did you post this in every forum? - pinstripe15, Sun Jun 27 19:45:10 2010
• RE: did you post this in every forum? - tbrock, Sun Jun 27 20:21:56 2010
• What are you really after? - a153fish, Sun Jun 27 20:59:43 2010
• the Noah's Ark method of conservation... - dustyrhoads, Mon Jun 28 01:51:53 2010
• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservation... - ratsnakehaven, Mon Jun 28 09:46:20 2010
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• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservation... - dustyrhoads, Mon Jun 28 20:49:03 2010
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• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservation... - dustyrhoads, Mon Jun 28 14:36:25 2010
• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservation... - Aaron, Fri Jul 2 14:32:45 2010
• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservatio - dustyrhoads, Sat Jul 3 00:57:30 2010
• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservatio - Aaron, Sun Jul 4 19:30:50 2010
• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservatio - ratsnakehaven, Sun Jul 4 21:11:10 2010
• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservatio - Aaron, Mon Jul 5 01:10:41 2010
• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservatio - dustyrhoads, Mon Jul 5 12:05:35 2010
• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservatio - Aaron, Mon Jul 5 22:09:32 2010
• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservatio - ratsnakehaven, Mon Jul 5 20:00:53 2010
• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservatio - Aaron, Mon Jul 5 22:20:58 2010
• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservatio - dustyrhoads, Mon Jul 5 00:52:13 2010
• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservatio - Aaron, Mon Jul 5 22:41:52 2010
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• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservatio - dustyrhoads, Tue Jul 6 12:36:30 2010
• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservatio - ratsnakehaven, Tue Jul 6 22:57:19 2010
• RE: the Noah's Ark method of conservatio - dustyrhoads, Tue Jul 13 20:51:34 2010