Ray,

I am in full agreement with your views. I am new to the milksnake world and I don't see why wild caught snakes are being sold today. With all of the varieties we have to choose from in the captive-bred market (Hets, Double Hets, Snows, Albinos, and Anerys) I dont think going back to the wild to get snakes that are pure as far as genes are concerned is nessasary. If we wanted a pure species of snake then we should not have been breeding them with other snakes to genetically alter them in the first place. Now not to say that some of these morphs on the market are not beautiful, but we should of held back some of the pure snakes and captive-bred them for the pure genes. The ecosystem in South America will either eventually fail or will very slowly adapt to the removal of more and more of the species that are not genetically altered. Now on the other hand IF a new species is found, I can see removing a select few to be brought back for captive-breeding purposes.

I am all for captive breeding snakes for morphs but lets try to keep breeding the snakes that are not genetically modified together too. So that when the demand for the unaltered snakes are there we have them captive-bred ready to go to the consumer instead of resorting back to catching them in the wild.



milksnake73
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