Just my two cents here...

I think it's obviously a slippery slope. But a professional breeder/dealer, whatever, should know the laws of each state they are shipping to, stupid or not. It doesn't make sense to me if a state outlaws keeping captive breds, but that's the law and it's pretty stupid for a breeder to knowingly mail an outlawed turtle to said state.

That being said, I have seen the same examples you are talking about, Dan, of zoos, schools, etc. doing a WAY worse job caring for turtles than from where they were probably taken from. Just as an example, one of the zoos in my area has a spotted in its reptile exhibit and it is kept in a 10 gallon tank in an inch of water. Sad.

I would love to be a part of some kind of education for wildlife officals and agencies once reptiles are siezed. There is a better way than flat out releasing them into the wild or giving them to keepers without adequate resources and knowledge.

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