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SOUTHERN FLORIDA CORUCIA RESEARCH CENTER (SFCRC)

Location: LEE/1.

Hi Justin,

I am of course, VERY concerned how Corucia are treated, (Shipped, housed etc.) I have Corucia housed in bare cattle troughs with sand and Cactus in warehouses! That's a Fact!

However, on the other hand, A note of recognition, as I have it for Extremely good authority from our SFCRC LEE/2 location that you are an individual of good character. As such, I want to thank you for by whatever means of saving and making Corucia available to be rescued by well-intentioned Research centers and individuals. I realize some may be bought as a novelty but the vast majority go to live better lives and ensure their genes are passed to the next Corucia generation. Without people like you, Saving Corucia zebrata would be a lost cause! I say this because at the rate of deforestation by logging, Corruption of the local Solomon and Papua New Guninea Governments, lack of proper attention of this issue by Greenpeace, Nature Conservancy and others, etc.is such that in My personal opinion, Corucia zebrata will be Extinct in the wild. The corucia in captive collections (It makes no difference to me at this point,legally or illegally obtained) will be the only way this wonderful species can survive. I say this because CITIES is wonderful in theory but what good is closing the front door when loggers and developers walk in unchecked through the back door unchecked?

Based on the good recommendation on you personally,
I commend you for your efforts.

Most sincerely,
Brian
SFCRC

Sorry everyone for the typos-ie New Guinea misstype and the double-unchecked

Brian
SFCRC

Also the sentence should read "I have SEEN Corucia housed in bare cattle throughs with sand and cactus in warehouses!"

No everyone relax! I lead no double standard life with clandestine warehouses! LOL! Actually, It is an amusing error on my part!

Brian
SFCRC

Thank you Brian for your kind words, I appreciate them more than you know.
As for James and Chris those two seem off in there own little worlds. Everything they have stated has been pure speculation, they seem to these fantasies that these skinks have been trapped in a wharehouse some where, laying in overcrowded bins of filth and disease. And so to there delight they come on here charging to the rescue of these poor mistreated animals.
Little do they know that these animals except for the females are being kept in individual cages, each skink is fed a diet of the best fruits and veggies , they eat better than I do. Another thing you talk about quarentines and such, as I look at the calender it's been more like 3months that I have had these not 2. Have you seen these guys on the net for sale ....no ....All the skinks I have sold except for the ones on the net have been to breeders, yeah I could of wholesaled them to the other wholesale companies in 10 seconds and made my cash back with a tidy profit, you don't understand, these guys were expensive and no matter how much I get for em the fact is that if I had the cash that I spent on these to turn deals I would of made 3 or 4 times the amount I would ever see out of these skinks. Instead of a quick sale we decided to work with a few breeders and one guy has taken 20 from us, he pays us weekly and we are willing to do this because why....WE LOVE ANIMALS AND IT IS THE RIGHT THING. If I didn't love animals I wouldn't be knee deep in em 12-16hrs a day, 7 days a week.
Justin
P.S.
Guess who has the master bedroom in my house!!!!!!

First, is your post a response to Brian or a half-assed rebuttal to my response? Never have I stated that these animals where in the filthy conditions that you have described. You are getting off the subject, and seem to enjoy dancing around the truth. I simply stated that you were misleading in your representation of these animals to me, and from what I have learned from the writings in your posts, It seems as though you have been misleading with others as well. Calling the skinks LTC is a stretch at best. Now, you huffed and you puffed, you called me a liar, and you made many accusations about me. You asked to see your words. Well, I printed them for you. You seem to have conveniently left out any response. Maybe you should think before you start your childish name calling rampage. I am going to repost it, and maybe Brian can take a look and give him a chance to reevaluate his opinion of you.