Hi Raiy,



Figured i'd post before reading the others' responses so as not to be influenced!



first of all, i assume you don't collect from the wild where you live. be sorta hypocritical if that were the case! but i realize tahere's a diff between keeping an animal or two for personal use, and commercial collecting.



I generally agree with your thoughts. one of the benefits of cpative breeding is supposed to be that it diminishes the demand for wild cuaght stock. hard to imagine how cheaply the wild caught hondos must come in at $-wise, if they're cheaper than the huge numbers of captive breds being produced.



one good thing that could come from an occasional import, though, is the unique individual that can spawn a whole new line...like the first anerythristic (wild caught, imported) hondo responsible for all the anerys--and don't forget snows--that trace back to the animal. and one good thing that could come AFTER that, is the SECOND wild-caught anery to be imported, to provide new blood to breed into all those anery and snow projects. It happened. This year.



peace

terry

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