Most of us in the reptile hobby do not have tons of money. We work 40 hours a week at regular jobs on top of having to maintain our hobbies. Unfortunately that means that most of us can't afford to do too much in the fight, other than making meager donations or sending letters.
On the other side of the fence, there are a lot of people fighting for the bans that have lots and lots of money. They have lots and lots of spare time and devote many hours fighting to take away the animals that we love. Look at how much money USARK is able to spend each year lobbying for us. Then compare that to the amount HSUS gets to spend. I think I read somewhere that USARK spent something like $1200 last year for travel expenses? Well HSUS spends $5 million alone each year in travel expenses. In 2008 HSUS had a budget of $99.7 million and $162 million in assets. I don't think USARK will ever be able to stand up to that kind of clout.
This unfortunately was just proven. Now I am not saying that we should all just give up and stop fighting. We should never give up the good fight. It is though inevitable that we are going to lose at some point.

Who knows, maybe I am wrong. I sure hope so!

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