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I think that in theory its a great idea, but financially can you see
the anyone putting in the finance needed to set up long term limited
breeding programs for animals to be kept as pets?  It would require
sponsorship and a lot of money because of the small demand etc.

On Tue, 05 Oct 1999 17:27:17 +1000, Toolie <toolie.nospam@nospam.com>
wrote:

>Hello folks.
>
>(I asked my ISP to post this indirectly to rec.pets.herp and the ISP
>approved because it contained no profanity or senseless wordings.)
>
>Since I've been reading several books on the destruction that introduced
>species can do to Australia, I have come to the conclusion that reptiles
>should be sterilized before they are sold to anyone. Australia has not
>got the right predators to keep exotic reptile numbers down.
>
>But...I have a question...Would de-sexed exotic reptiles cause a serious
>problem to Australia?
>
>This is a pretty good system that I've worked out. This is my solution.
>
>(1) Good quality healthy breeding pairs of harmless reptiles are
>imported, and quarantined for a period of time until such time as they
>can be properly tested and assumed virus and disease free.
>
>(2) These animals are then sent to government approved breeding
>institutions, the reptiles would be bred in such institutions under
>strict guidelines. A good security system would be used to ensure that
>intruders don't take the animals. Animals would be locked away in secure
>housing internally with bullet-proof glass to ensure that if an intruder
>should break in, the animals would be inaccessible to any such intruder.
>
>(3) The hatchlings are checked, and hatchlings that are of the highest
>quality are held back and used for breeding better bloodlines. The rest
>of the hatchlings are then routinely sterilized (de-sexed) and then sold
>to collectors and such for a reasonable price.
>
>(4) The people who wish to collect such reptiles must have a permit that
>is obtained by a government department. The license is just used as a
>way to control the number of people obtaining the animals and would
>alleviate any fears by animal welfare groups or conservationist groups,
>that these animals would pose any threat at all. The cost of a license
>would be a reasonable price per year.
>
>This would be the BEST system for would-be exotic reptile collectors in
>Australia.
>
>Since most reptiles, if properly looked after, can last a very long time
>(around 20 years). And since they cannot breed due to being sterilized,
>they don't pose any threat as far as becoming feral is concerned.
>
>What do you think?
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