I can only assume that you hate RH because of his venomoids, yet you keep a jag which has a known neurological birth defect. My question to you is, what makes you any better? Is mental anguish better than physical anguish in your books?
I've never said that I "hated" this Haymond Roser bloke, and The reason I bought him up wasn't because of his venom gland removal methods, but as to his "re-naming" of animals. So I don't see why you want to bring up jags and try and rope me into a different topic for debate.
Regarding your comments on the release of captive bred animals back in to the hobby, are you sure of that? What do you base this on because I'm pretty sure they haven't ruled that possibility out.
Ok, to go into more in-depth about why I think they will never call on Private collections for re-stocking wild populations.
- It's a private collection once it's in someone's private collection, they can pretty much do what they want.
- Can't be positive they are pure locality unless poached and only bred those poached animals together.
- Zoo's and other Wildlife Parks are given permits to collect and create breeding programs to re-stock wild populations.
- Various licencing regulations throughout the country creates discrepancies. (e.g. Victoria's licencing up until recently, only had M.s.spilota, M.s.Varigata as the subspecies of Morelia spilota. As did most states at some stage.)
- With success of captive breeding by a reptile park with the Rough scaled Python, and the Oenpelli project being undertaken by Gavin Bedford, gives the government bodies reason to continue with that approach, as they are successful and bring much needed funds into their departments..
To a lot of people this isn't a HOBBY (I can read lowercase by the way), it's a way of life. A lot of us don't just see the pretty colours of mulga food or see keeping reptiles as something that makes us tough or unique, but hey, you go champion!
The point of my post, is that to most (I would hazzard a guess at 98% of reptile keepers in Australia), this is a HOBBY to them, myself included. I enjoy keeping my animals inside my house, I don't have reptiles because it makes me "tough or unique". I keep them because I have an interest in these animals personally, just like my dogs, chickens and a few others.
The great thing about hobbies is that each person has their own way that they like it.
You may feed your mulgas "pretty" animals, others may prefer to feed the "bland" animals to theirs.
It seems as though you've taken my post personally, as it comes across from you text to be having a go at me.
That was not the case, hence why I didn't quote your post or put your tag name to it.
Thanks
Shaun.