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bloodycats
at Tue Sep 21 17:42:55 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bloodycats ]
Seriously, look at the dog. Does your GF disagree with dog breeds? Cat breeds? Horses? Cows? Chickens? The list goes on and on. Any concentrated breeding effort is nearly the same thing. Breeding two animals together, or more specifically, two appearances of the same species together for many many generations to arrive at a desired trait has nothing to do with the "wild." The animals produced will be so far removed from the "wild" it can not possibly have an impact on wild populations.
When you buy a CBB ball, you are not "messing with the wild" unless you plan on letting it escape back into the African jungle, or anywhere, for that matter. Most people breeding these guys have no intention of ever doing that, of course.
The problem I feel is more important to address is the widespread importation of baby ball pythons into the US and Europe every year. Choosing a captive born and bred ball python from CBB parents instead of "long-term captives," farm-hatched/CH or wild caught balls can be best for you if you have a problem with it. Personally, I really do not like the idea of owning a normal baby from Africa, captive hatched or not. But I also realize Africa remains a great resource for "new blood," when it comes to normals and "morphs," as well as fantastic morphs no one has ever yet seen.
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Dogs. Enough said. - bloodycats, Tue Sep 21 17:42:55 2004