When I read this thread I couldn't help but agree with both sides. This may sound hipicritical but it makes sense to me. I have always felt that it was wrong to take animals out of their origional habitat and stick them in captivity and that belief will never change. I do feel that wc sales should stop and if I could stop it I would. But, what has happened in the past, we can do nothing about. They whole idea about pets started by taking animals out of the wild forever ago. these animals (reptiles included) have been so domesticated that they could never survive in the wild. Think about it. Our animals are healthy and have had no reason to build up immunities to diseases and stuff in their native lands. Also, there is no way you could take a super hypo tangerine leo or an albino ball python and put them in their native habitat and have them survive. Unfortunately these guys are pets, and doomed to stay pets. In an ideal world this wouldn't be a problem because they would have never been taken out of the wild so many years ago. So the best we can do for them is to stop harvestin them now, and provide the ones in captivity with the best care we can. Our captive born pets don't know any different anyway. I'm not trying to be an expert or anything, this is just what came to my mind when really thought about it.
Emily
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2.4.2 leopard geckos
1.1 ferrets (Oliver and Delilah)
1. budgie (Max)
0.0.1 Ring neck Parakeet (Kiwi)
1.1 German Shepards (Jake and Abigail)

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