Quote Originally Posted by Ameivaboy View Post
They are still descendants of wild caught snakes. You can try to rationalize it all you want.
None of the captive bred animals would be available to anyone with out collectors doing what they do. I not saying it's right, but I understand it.
You are very wrong my friend. By your rational people that keep wild caught snakes and people that use wild caught snakes as a cash crop are one in the same.

I could be wrong but I don't see a response in this thread that says anything against wild caught animals. They are all against the reckless way some people collect to make a quick buck.

There is no rationalizing needed you are comparing rotten apples to oranges. Do I or have I kept wild caught snakes? Yes. Do I still care about wild populations and do what I can to help out by planning very carefully what I keep and what I don't? Yes. Do I collect everything I come in contact with regardless of the repercussions on the wild populations and then sell them as fast as I can to make a buck without properly caring for the animals to maximize profit? No.

I also highly disagree with your statement that none of the CBB animals that we have would be here without collectors like this. Most CBB animals come from people who actually care about the animals and where they came from enough to start captive breeding from their very carefully cared for wild caught stock. They do not come from people who collect massive amounts of animals from the wild. Those people don't care enough about the animals or the ecosystems from which they were taken to put in the time and money needed to produce CBB animals. That is clearly evident by the cost of the animals they are selling.

-Thomas