>>Yeah but states like California, Florida and Texas are big enough to sustain themselves in many ways including the snake trade, oil, crops, textiles, etc....(maybe not Califonia...lol)......What about the smaller, less populated states?

You're right, John. This'll have devastating effects on giant snake breeders in states that offer inadequate markets for their production. And it'll effectively eliminate the opportunity for ole to GET specimens in the few states that don't already have breeders or breeding stock within their borders. The only beneficiaries I can anticipate are those in states without big breeders, who set up small breeding operations to be the suppliers for buyers in their states. It's hard to judge whether the environment will benefit in any way from this. I'd hope it wouldn't lead to even more animals being dumped in the wild. That wouldn't reflect very well on herpeticulturusrs, but I worry it's a real possibility.

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• This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - Jlassiter, Mon Jan 16 22:15:25 2012
• RE: This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - rosspadilla, Tue Jan 17 00:01:30 2012
• RE: This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - tspuckler, Tue Jan 17 16:17:01 2012
• RE: This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - rosspadilla, Tue Jan 17 17:29:38 2012
• RE: This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - Drudge, Tue Jan 17 06:02:05 2012
• RE: This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - varanid, Tue Jan 17 08:26:20 2012
• RE: This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - HeavenHell, Tue Jan 17 09:41:21 2012
• RE: This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - FR, Tue Jan 17 09:50:04 2012
• RE: This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - varanid, Tue Jan 17 09:59:21 2012
• But Frank? - Gerards, Tue Jan 17 10:15:27 2012
• RE: But Frank? - DMong, Tue Jan 17 10:50:52 2012
• RE: But Frank? - joecop, Tue Jan 17 11:09:52 2012
• RE: But Frank? - DMong, Tue Jan 17 11:29:06 2012
• A simple fix... - a153fish, Tue Jan 17 15:16:30 2012
• RE: A simple fix... - joecop, Tue Jan 17 15:43:18 2012
• RE: A simple fix... - a153fish, Tue Jan 17 16:00:24 2012
• RE: A simple fix... - Jlassiter, Tue Jan 17 17:56:10 2012
• RE: This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - Brandon Osborne, Tue Jan 17 11:20:52 2012
• RE: This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - DMong, Tue Jan 17 11:32:48 2012
• RE: This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - varanid, Tue Jan 17 11:53:53 2012
• RE: This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - foxturtle, Tue Jan 17 12:41:35 2012
• RE: This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - joecop, Tue Jan 17 18:12:01 2012
• RE: This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - DMong, Tue Jan 17 12:42:30 2012
• Another example of how this hurts us - mfoux, Tue Jan 17 17:33:45 2012
• RE: Another example of how this hurts us - rtdunham, Tue Jan 17 22:55:45 2012
• You can still keep em and breed em - PHFaust, Tue Jan 17 21:10:16 2012
• RE: You can still keep em and breed em - rtdunham, Tue Jan 17 22:37:57 2012
• RE: You can still keep em and breed em - Jlassiter, Tue Jan 17 22:53:19 2012
• RE: You can still keep em and breed em - rtdunham, Wed Jan 18 08:14:39 2012
• RE: You can still keep em and breed em - pyromaniac, Wed Jan 18 08:27:21 2012
• RE: You can still keep em and breed em - DMong, Wed Jan 18 11:09:45 2012
• RE: You can still keep em and breed em - PHFaust, Wed Jan 18 20:12:53 2012
• RE: You can still keep em and breed em - PHFaust, Wed Jan 18 20:10:04 2012
• RE: You can still keep em and breed em - GerardS, Wed Jan 18 20:18:01 2012
• RE: This Doesn't Look Good for Burm Keepers! - markg, Wed Jan 18 14:55:31 2012