>All I can say is this" Let him that is without guilt
cast the first stone!" I
>am growing tired of this sanctimonius way
that some breeders have of wanting
>to point fingers in any direction
other then themselves! When they can show
>me they dont have animals
from dubious sources in their collections such as
>Phelsuma
serraticauda,flavigularis, etc that arent of recent importation I
>will
be happy to listen! I daresay there isnt a really good collection of
>Phelsumas in Europe that isnt in someway tainted.
The
problem is mainly not the breeders. Lots of us (me included) have
some
of this
animales in there collection,there is no doubt about that.Some of
these
species(most recently P.V-nigra subsp.) are collected in
huge numbers in the
wild.That
some of them reach responsible breeders in my opinion is
good.Until
we can
produce enough offspring ourself this will unfortunately continue.Most
of
this
animales unfortunately does not reach these breeders.Most of them are not
sold
because
they are Phelsumas.They are sold because the person bying them
want
a green
lizard.
Futher
moore regarding Cites.Cites is supposed to control the trade in
endangered
species.I
do not know how it works in US,but it should be the same,since Cites is
a
international agreement.When you apply for exportcites from Europe to Us or
anywere
you have
to
declare the purpose with this animales.You do this with a letter.For instace
B stand
for the
purpose to breed them in captivity.This letter in my opinion should be one
of
the
easiest
to get permit for.Unfortunately this is not the way it goes.Last time I
exported
animales
to US I was phoned by the athorities.They wondered if I could not change the
letter
B to a
T.The T stands for commercial.I do not know what you think,but in my eyes this
is
the
opposite to what Cites is supposed to be there for.
>Phelsumas
reproduce far faster then tigers do and I seriously doubt that they
>are as endangered since the demand isnt what it is for Tigers on a
worldwide
>scale! This doesnt make the whole thing right by any means
but me thinks thou
>protests too loudly!:-)
