I don't know if Captive bred animals could keep up with demand. On the bright side most imports are going home as cheap pets and most captive breed are going home as breeders or a little more expensive pets. I mean, WCs are giving those countries another source of income and providing great pets for people a little less fortunate. What I do have to say is i hate these Swap-meets selling reptiles. I mean Boas for 40 bucks, niles for $15, savannahs for $10, imported balls for $20, burmese for $20; all wrapped up in a "we have no idea what were doing" atmospere. No care instructions, no explanation on anything. I mean, I have seen kids buying burmese and thinking they only get 3' or thinkin those niles dont grow. You ask me there should be more strict laws on that stuff. And we wonder why reptiles are illegal some places. That's all we need is 10,000 baby niles getting sold to kids who either kill them or let them go in a year!
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1.0 Super Ghosts
0.1 DH Ghost
2.3 Salmon Boas
2.8 BCI
13.27 Various Corns
1.3 Albino Sinaloans

You may have your head on straight, but I have a better view!

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• Wild Caught VS. Captive Born - calienteA1, Mon Aug 22 22:11:04 2005
• RE: Wild Caught VS. Captive Born - rainbowsrus, Tue Aug 23 00:29:54 2005
• I agree and disagree - BOASELECTER, Tue Aug 23 03:07:50 2005
• I definately agree with that point!! np - rainbowsrus, Tue Aug 23 03:24:00 2005
• RE: Wild Caught VS. Captive Born - StonedReptiles, Tue Aug 23 03:13:28 2005
• RE: Wild Caught VS. Captive Born - joeysgreen, Tue Aug 23 05:03:04 2005
• RE: Wild Caught VS. Captive Born - madisonrecords, Tue Aug 23 07:08:57 2005
• RE: Wild Caught VS. Captive Born - tcdrover, Tue Aug 23 11:11:35 2005
• yeah, LTC is not Longer Than Checks-take-to-clear ; - ) np - rainbowsrus, Tue Aug 23 16:50:25 2005