"It's not like we could release captive born offspring into the wild legally anyway..." here in MO we have what's called a "blanket law" Which means we can have 5 of each naturally occuring species in MO. Meaning I can go out and catch 5 black rats, 5 speckled kings, hognose, garters etc. and can have 5 of each w.c. or not. I talked directly to my counties conservationist in charge of this area and he said that if I bred the wild caught snakes I would have to release all of the babies until I only had 5 of each species. I.E. If I had a w.c. pair of speckled kings and bred them and they laid 10 egs, I would have to release 7 babies. Or 5 babies and the parents. This seems very bad for the ecosystem to me....
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0.1 Snow Corn "Hope"
0.0.1 Butter Corn "Butters" (South Park)
1.0 Redtail "Kilo"
1.0 Ball Python "Wilson" (Castaway)
1. Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Chunk" (Goonies)
.1 Orange Albino Black Ratsnake "Peaches"

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