Re: [gecko]Complaints Against Petshops

[Catriona Lindsay]

        I don't understand how owning herps hinders conservation. For reason's Julie has already stated, keeping and educating people about animals, actually lets people know what creatures are out there. I can not think of one species of animal that has been threatened by over collection for the pet trade. What causes animals to disappear is habitat loss, over collecting for food, and introduction of harmful species.
Catriona

At 10:55 AM 11/18/2003 -0500, you wrote:

Just don't buy anything from any petshops. Don't support any petshop. If you need stuff, you can always buy equipment from a home-depot or mail order supplies. I got to the point where I stop getting any more additional herps 6 years ago because just the idea of keeping and buying herps encourages these petshops and hinders conservation. I know I'm going to get yelled at for saying this but, keeping herps is bad for wildlife conservation. In the long run, it just causes more trouble. If you truly care about conservation and stop encouraging the stuff that happens in petshops, don't get anymore herps.