Because of my actions in the past, this may sound hypocritical, however...



I AGREE 100%!



I don't collect anything anymore unless I have a very good reason for it, and I don't keep snakes at home (I actually feel sorry for captive snakes in cages - it sucks IMO) I certainly don't see any reason to collect 15 or 20 alterna in a single season.



I also don't want to get into a soapbox with those of you do collect every alterna you see. I realise that you have a legal priviledge to do so and will not argue that with you.



Having said that, I wish more folks would catch and release. If you make an effort to get into photography, you can photo document your finds, GPS them, and your memories will last forever. Not to mention you don't have to clean up after or feed photographs.



I've skirted the issue when it came up previously, but since Chris called me out on it, that's exactly how I feel.



Best

Joe

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