While I can understand your not wanting to rehash the same evidence of misconduct and treason over and over again. It is a very important topic that needs to be addressed. I am sure many misguided hobbyists in other states do the same thing. Folks in this industry need to wake up. So, while many of the regulars on this forum are probably sick of hearing about it. I think it is important for new visitors to understand what to do, what not to do and why. Further, when I called these folks out I was viciously attacked and slandered multiple times. I am owed multiple apologies from multiple people to say the least. So for those two reasons I continue. I am an advocate for the herp industry and I do this of my own free will.

So, if someone posts about people or organizations who have shown themselves to be treasonists I feel obligated to respond. I don’t want novices to learn from people who have questionable tactics, are misguided or who are just plain wrong. We have to educate people in this industry. We have wildlife management techniques that will conserve herpetofauna while allowing access to wild populations. The banning agenda is never an option to solve these issues. And it doesn’t matter what you do with sustainably harvested animals, whether you keep, sell or even kill them. People need to be educated about this and this should be our national platform. To many novices believe everything an academic says without question. The regulatory agency personnel come from academia and they tend to take knee jerk reactions to the management of herpetofauna. All this needs to change. I think one of the ways to change this is to be extremely firm about our positions. We have the scientific backing. We want real herp conservation not banning agenda or fishing for grant money at the expense of the herps, our rights and our businesses. Everyone in this industry needs to understand this.

Welkerii

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• An Idea for Influencing local ordinances - EricWI, Tue Dec 14 22:31:35 2010
• RE: An Idea for Influencing local ordinances - mpollard, Wed Dec 15 14:18:02 2010
• RE: An Idea for Influencing local ordinances - aquick, Wed Dec 15 20:59:13 2010
• RE: An Idea for Influencing local ordinances - mpollard, Thu Dec 16 17:13:35 2010
• RE: An Idea for Influencing local ordinances - jscrick, Sun Dec 19 08:27:05 2010
• RE: An Idea for Influencing local ordinances - jscrick, Sun Dec 19 12:53:03 2010
• RE: An Idea for Influencing local ordinances - jscrick, Sun Dec 19 12:58:52 2010
• Watch out for sell outs! - OHI, Sun Dec 19 16:49:23 2010
• RE: Watch out for sell outs! - jscrick, Sun Dec 19 17:58:26 2010
• RE: Watch out for sell outs! - jscrick, Sun Dec 19 19:21:37 2010
• I can't support treason! - OHI, Sun Dec 19 23:04:23 2010
• RE: I can't support treason! - jscrick, Mon Dec 20 07:42:22 2010
• RE: I can't support treason! - wireptile, Mon Dec 20 10:56:34 2010
• RE: I can't support treason! - jscrick, Mon Dec 20 11:29:03 2010
• I am sure this is a malignant problem - OHI, Tue Dec 21 04:43:00 2010
• Systemic might be a better term... - jscrick, Tue Dec 21 13:16:28 2010