Our interest in these animals alone increases the understanding and experience of those around us that we bump into within our daily lives about these wonderful creatures. Most of us have done school programs educating kids hands on about the wonders of nature we possess and care for ourselves. The extremists do not do this at all and in fact take the stance that would mean the complete elimination of this possibility and thus reduce the interest in and education of others about our natural world. In that sense we absolutely ARE conservationists.

The notion that conservation means the eventual reintroduction of captive Reptiles is void of an understanding of how that process works. Reintroduction of captive Reptiles has never happened anywhere. In fact the reintroduction of any species is exceedingly rare. That possibility is virtually non-existent as such a reintroduction could spread disease unknown to other wild populations.

So while you are entirely correct that a Banana Ball would not do well in Kenya, there is nobody that would advocate trying to do so. So that is a moot point.

The fact is that while some Reptiles may in fact someday be extinct in the wild, if we are allowed to keep and breed those animals, they will live on in captive collections for the masses to enjoy in the future.
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Jeff Ronne Sr
The Boaphile
Director USARK

Originator of Boaphile Plastics
The Boaphile Boa Site

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