Why is the first thought by looking at this animals : " $$$ " ? I know what you mean. I'm convinced people who take this mindset with Naultinus are destined to fail at keeping them.
Hi,
Maybe a bit off-list topic wise...but I did cut this post way down from what it was so feel relieved :-) Naultinus posts occur about once or twice a year-and they always start "...why can't this rare, fascinating, unusual gecko be available to the hobby?"
This is not a FOR or AGAINST post...just rambling a bit. There is a big dichotomy here, with the animal = money concept. The money motivation does not always spell failure in breeding animals. Very often money is the motivation and the very reason people end up successful at breeding things. I'm not saying the keeping of animals is right.....or wrong....I am saying it is a very tough moral issue. Some people would morally argue that it would better if a species died out naturally in the wild, then only exist in captivity.....
Fancy dogs, show cats, Arabian horses, tropical fish, rare daygeckoes, long haired rabbits, fancy cavies, show roosters, fancy pigeons, designer rat snakes, hybrid king snakes, black gerbils, panda hamsters, Giant Ground Sloths (just seeing if your reading this :-)....on and on and on.....were all bred by humans......
Regards,
Kenny
