Hi PJ! Thumbs up! Exactly my opinion what you wrote. Since I started with the Internet I get a "closer look" to the things happening at design creation stations, misinterpreted as reptile breeders. Come on folks! Let`s ruin the wild species as our ancestors did with wolf (hello poodle, shar pei, wiener dog, ...), prussian carp (hello goldfish, fantail, bubble-eye,...). What about a jetblack knobtailed fantoed redeyed Eublepharis? Might bring a lot of money.
I always saw the herping-hobby as a private arm of scientific research. Helping the species to survive despite the human impacts in their original surroundings. If you take a look at the breeding-statistics of the members of the DGHT you will notice that privates are more successful in breeding species than the zoos and institutes dedicated to this. What happens if they start producing designer-pacmans,-balls,-leopards,-... instead of caring for species known to only a handful of people? Species will vanish even faster from this earth and make life poorer. Greetings from Hamburg Sven Vogler ----- Original Message ----- From: "PJ Willis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2003 21:27:11 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [gecko]New Rach book > I know I may take some flack for this, but I have to disagree. While the > photos in this book are very nice and some of the information is useful, I > find the book to be more of a selling point for T-Rex foods! I find it funny > that these keepers advocate the cross breeding of species to create a more > colorful gecko? They talk about conservation of this genera, but then talk > about trying to produce a hybrid of locales, which I assume is for profit? > May people wonder why the herp community is not taken more seriously be > zoological institutions, I think you need to look no further then something > like this. Some of the most well known keepers ruining the genetic purity of > a species to make something that is more attractive to the public? I find it > disturbing, but that's only my oppinion, please feel free to disagree. I > myself, will keep breding as pure of animals as I can. I guess you could > compare it to the loss of many of the Eublepharis species that came in a few > years back. > > PJ > > > >From: Julie Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: Gecko List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [gecko]New Rach book > >Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:46:28 -0700 > > > >WOW! This book by de Vosjoli, Fast and Repashy looks to be a must have! The > >photos and information are phenomenal. > > > >Julie B. > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Global Gecko Association > >http://www.gekkota.com > >Classifieds > >http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > >gecko mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get McAfee virus scanning and cleaning of incoming attachments. Get Hotmail > Extra Storage! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es > > _______________________________________________ > Global Gecko Association > http://www.gekkota.com > Classifieds > http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi > gecko mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko -- ___________________________________________________ OperaMail free e-mail - http://www.operamail.com OperaMail Premium - 28MB, POP3, more! US$29.99/year Powered by Outblaze _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
