Zoo's bought MANY, MANY albino hertps from me over the years so thats not true. Secondly zoo's kill many herps anyway. Take all my pure Cyclura lewisi for instance. I placed ALL mine on breeding loan between 2 ZOO'S and over a few year period the ZOO'S managed to kill every one of them. Don't start praising the merit's of ZOO'S. It depend's on the ZOO and the personal. I know MOST of them personally as I'm sure you don't. They are light years behind the private sector in terms of Herpetoculture. Did you know a certain FAMOUS S. CA ZOO kills ALL it's baby Fiji Iguanas and eggs. If they put any on loan to another ZOO that ZOO has to agree to destroy any offspring produced. The same is true for Komodo Dragons. Be careful praising the merits of the AZA as they have MANY skeletons in their closet more than the private sector does. Personally I try NOT to do business wth ZOO'S whenever possible because of their incompetance and I have an ax to grind over my Cyclura and other issues. What I'm saying is factual regarding the premeditated destruction of endangered species. It's a DIRTY LITTLE SECRET NOT WELL HIDDEN....
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Tom Crutchfield
www.tomcrutchfield.com

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