Aaron is 100% correct-it would be worse than foolhardy for many small-time breeders and hobbyists to call attention to themselves in any way. A person who breeds reptiles in a spare room or the basement may or may not be breaking zoning laws and/or other local ordinances-but rest assured, once he is found out by neighbors, those laws will either be enforced if they exist already, or added if they don't! I've seen this happen time and again to fellow herpers.

Such hobbyists should give till it hurts to USARK AND to whatever state/local organizations are working for their interests. For example, here in Texas there are "some" who have not become members or contributed to the only statewide organization supporting herpers-Herp Conservation Unlimited (which by the way works closely with USARK)-at a time when such support is sorely needed.

These are the true "Herpocrites".
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Brad Chambers
WWW.HCU-TX.ORG

Breeder of:
Green Tree Pythons
Pastel, Pinstripe, FIRE, Piebald, Clown, Lavender Albino, Leucistic, and Spider Ball Pythons
Striped Colombian Boa Constrictors
Kenyan, Rufescens, and Conicus Sand Boas
Red Phase Western Hognose Snakes
Spider Western Hognose Snakes
Albino Western Hognose Snakes
Locality Trans-Pecos Mexican Hognose Snakes
Southern Hognose Snakes
Eastern Hognose Snakes
Tricolor Hognose Snakes
Hypo Checkered Garter Snakes
Eastern Blackneck Garter Snakes
Stillwater Hypo Bullsnakes
Patternless Bullsnakes
S. GA Eastern Kingsnakes
Locality Desert Kingsnakes
Albino Desert Kingsnakes
Hypo Desert Kingsnakes
Mexican Black Kingsnakes
Desert Phase and Striped Desert California Kingsnakes
Locality Mexican Milksnakes
Spotted Mexican Milksnakes
Tangerine Mexican Milksnakes
Locality Alterna
Abbott Okeetee Cornsnakes
Mexican Baird's Ratsnakes
Cape Housesnakes
Tangerine Albino African Fat -Tailed Geckos
Locality Spotted Turtles

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