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Posted by Dave Beamer on November 10, 1998 at 21:19:58:
In Reply to: Re: Very Serious Flaws With Proposed Guidelines posted by W. Khan on November 10, 1998 at 17:26:18:
How can a population once described as a sympatric subspecies have it's own evoltionary fate when there is gene flow between it and other populations. If kingsnakes in CA do go extinct this affects the kingsnakes on the east coast as the total range of the species is greatly reduced. In addition herpetoculture can not save kingsnakes. This is like saying farmers have saved cows, a cow can hardly be celebrated as preservation. The same goes for dogs, cats, goldfish ect. all of these have not been subjected to natural selection and therefore have not contributed to preserving the species in even a small way. I would suggest that if kingsnake populations in CA where in danger of extinction that kingsnakes in CA be protected. They obviously wouldn't require federal protection as they are secure over many thousands of square miles otherwise. I fail to see how it is as important know how to reproduce subocs in captivity, I do not claim that nothing useful can be learned from captive herps but reproduction under captive conditions is not very informative as to how they reproduce in the wild. Hobbyiest can definately make important contributions and they have already done so. I encourage them to keep up the good work but I can not support their work if it damages populations.
Dave Beamer
