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Posted by Justin on August 16, 2001 at 23:38:21:

In Reply to: Some Concerns About Herpers rights posted by Kevin Lorentz on August 16, 2001 at 22:51:05:

Kevin
Try out the other side's shoes for a second. How many wildcaught animals die each year due to importation? How many more die, because they end up in the care of novices due to the cheap prices of imports compared to c.b. animals? Thats alot of animals. Of the animals that due live, how many are maintained in adequate enclosures, with the proper food, humidity, temps, etc. ? Giuliani is not all that wrong, large boids, crocidillians, large turtle and tortoise, iguanas so on and so forth, do not belong in NYC. It is not fair to the animals. When I lived in NJ, a NY pet store had Aldabras, Sulcatas, and Yellowfoots offered for sale. Why would anyone keep such a large animal in that area? It just is not fair. Don't get me wrong, there is alot of good people and accomplishments in this hobby, but for everyone, there is a pet store with 10 ball pythons in a 10 gallon tank. Maybe we (herpers in general) will finally get screwed for all the stupid crap we have done. I guess what goes around comes around. Some of us do keep our animals very well, we treat them like our kids, unfortunately most don't. Hopefully this will serve as a wake up call to us all. Before anyone decides to blast me for my comments, check out one of the many pet stores in my area. Most of the reptiles are kept in utter filth. Email me for names and addresses. Is our hobby defendable?

Justin

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: Kevin : Try out the other side's shoes for a second. How many wildcaught animals die each year due to importation? How many more die, because they end up in the care of novices due to the cheap prices of imports compared to c.b. animals? Thats alot of animals. Of the animals that due live, how many are maintained in adequate enclosures, with the proper food, humidity, temps, etc. ? Giuliani is not all that wrong, large boids, crocidillians, large turtle and tortoise, iguanas so on and so forth, do not belong in NYC. It is not fair to the animals. When I lived in NJ, a NY pet store had Aldabras, Sulcatas, and Yellowfoots offered for sale. Why would anyone keep such a large animal in that area? It just is not fair. Don't get me wrong, there is alot of good people and accomplishments in this hobby, but for everyone, there is a pet store with 10 ball pythons in a 10 gallon tank. Maybe we (herpers in general) will finally get screwed for all the stupid crap we have done. I guess what goes around comes around. Some of us do keep our animals very well, we treat them like our kids, unfortunately most don't. Hopefully this will serve as a wake up call to us all. Before anyone decides to blast me for my comments, check out one of the many pet stores in my area. Most of the reptiles are kept in utter filth. Email me for names and addresses. Is our hobby defendable? : Justin

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