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daneby
at Wed Oct 6 11:14:32 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by daneby ]
Chris,
I know what you are saying, but I wasn't meaning to sound like I meant commercial collectors & hunters/fishermen were the same in my book, what I meant was this guy taking home ONE eastern hog he caught(probably on the road) wasn't much different then taking home a game animal or a fish. This guy (nickjones) sounded to me like he was saying snakes should be left in the wild, & I just meant taking an animal from the wild for whatever reason is still taking it.
I also want too add (for those that don't know me), I am not a commercial collector. Out of the I don't know how many hundreds of snakes I found this year in MT I only kept one for myself, & I took two others to give away. I am not 100% against commercial collecting though, but not 100% for it either. I think if states have REASONABLE bag limits, & the collectors are responsible enough to follow the rules there is no harm. It does make me upset when I see dealers repeatedly offering for sale HUGE lots of animals caught in the U.S. for dirt cheep like 100 lots of wc toads/frogs for $100.(makes me wonder how many lots do the have?) or the guy selling $5 adult garter-snakes, & all the horned lizards taken from the wild that are sold for a few bucks only to more then likely die shortly after. I think its only human to feel that way about unnecessary collecting if you love herps like I do. What everyone needs to remember though is that commercial collecting is one of the only reasons many animals even still survive in the wild in certain areas in other countries (U.S. NOT included), its the only reason their habitat is still there.
btw Chris, I really like your wildlife research website. You obviously know way more about this sort of stuff then I do, I'm simply stating my opinions. Later man!
Again, NICE EASTERN HOG!!!
Dan Eby
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RE: W/C eastern Hognose - Red Phase - daneby, Wed Oct 6 11:14:32 2010