Ummmmmm........hey Andy!

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Posted by Skinny on August 10, 1999 at 18:18:49:

I don't pretend to know the solutions to the large reptile crisis. But you can condemn all captive breeding, take in as many orphan igs as you can,and pat yourself on the back all you want. It isn't going to do a damn thing to change the situation as a whole. I can think of quite a few people who stopped taking in unwanted igs not because they stopped caring, but because for every one they took in, 5 more were left on their doorstep. Obviously, that is NOT a solution. Again, it takes a big heart to deal with unwanted igs, and I admire the people who do it, but if you think you are going to find a good home for every ig out there, you are living on a different planet. This was a problem long before you started keeping igs, and unless something changes drastically, it will still be a problem until the day igs become hard to find.

I think that you ahve a wonderful attitude!!!! NOT NOT NOT!!!!
As lonmg as people like you think the way you do, there WILL always be a problem. Instead of being a "Knowledgeable" guy who doesn't use his so called "Knowledge" to do something to help, don't criticize the good people out there who ACTUALLY care and learn a bit more. You are not too knowledgeable for a guy who is supposed to be so knowledgeable. I have to think that people who possess knowledge would have the horror of knowing that even if you can help just one tiny little animal, it would make a lifetime of work worth it. but that's for those of us who don't just sit there and be "knowledgeably" pessemisstic(hope I spelled that right)
my two cents!

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: I don't pretend to know the solutions to the large reptile crisis. But you can condemn all captive breeding, take in as many orphan igs as you can,and pat yourself on the back all you want. It isn't going to do a damn thing to change the situation as a whole. I can think of quite a few people who stopped taking in unwanted igs not because they stopped caring, but because for every one they took in, 5 more were left on their doorstep. Obviously, that is NOT a solution. Again, it takes a big heart to deal with unwanted igs, and I admire the people who do it, but if you think you are going to find a good home for every ig out there, you are living on a different planet. This was a problem long before you started keeping igs, and unless something changes drastically, it will still be a problem until the day igs become hard to find. : I think that you ahve a wonderful attitude!!!! NOT NOT NOT!!!! : As lonmg as people like you think the way you do, there WILL always be a problem. Instead of being a "Knowledgeable" guy who doesn't use his so called "Knowledge" to do something to help, don't criticize the good people out there who ACTUALLY care <unlike you according to the posts I've read from you> and learn a bit more. You are not too knowledgeable for a guy who is supposed to be so knowledgeable. I have to think that people who possess knowledge would have the horror of knowing that even if you can help just one tiny little animal, it would make a lifetime of work worth it. but that's for those of us who don't just sit there and be "knowledgeably" pessemisstic(hope I spelled that right) : my two cents!

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