Saying that the government has the best interest of these turtles in mind is difficult for me to understand. It it wasn't for captive breeding programs, species like the galopagos tortoise, american alligator, and many others would probably be extinct by now. To not allow captive breeding programs through a permit process is ridiculous and to interfere with interstate commerce is illegal. The only way people get baby box,spotted, and wood turtles is through captive breeding programs. This is about government control and shifting responsibility for species decline to some bogus black market because, so far, state sponsored habitat preservation programs are not working. This is about taking over your rights to own and breed reptiles in the united states. I would like to believe that an organization like PIJAC would be all over this regulatory issue.

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