🚀 go-pugleaf

I think you are nuts.  Having the government control a breeding program for
the pet trade.  You know with the high security and bullet proof glass you
speak of, your going to end up paying $1000 for a ball python.
I think if anyone has that kind of money for such a common animal, they'll
find a way around the law.


> > 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?
> > >
> > >