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Rizlah · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:36 pm Post subject: Captive Farmed

I have just been talking to someone online who is tried to justify captive farming to me in Ghana, I am not going to say who it was but he'll know who he is when he reads this.

I am totally against CF and would never buy one, what do you all think?

Scott W · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:41 pm Post subject:

What is it about CF royals you are against?
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PaulG · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:46 pm Post subject:

Just so everybody knows,

Its me the person he is talking about. . . Smile

As I have already said, CF royals help the people in Ghana,
I dont know that much about it. . . But I have an open mind to it.

CB is not always avaible and as I said to you, I looked for CB and
it wasnt avaible at the time.

Could you not judge that I have got a CF royal. thanks.
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Rizlah · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:47 pm Post subject:

jakeus · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 664

Have you got any of those pics you could show us?

Rizlah · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:50 pm Post subject:

mike h · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 18 Mar 2006 Posts: 778

Hello
You need a depends as well.
I used to be totally anti CF. I am only against about 90% of cf now. If done properly it can be a good thing. Unfortunately for a large % it is like the days when thousands of tortoises were brought in and sold for £1 and majority where dead within 1-2 years. Believe it or not earlier this year I could have bought a load of CFs for about £7 each , with inflation it probably equals £1 for tortoises in the good old days.
The difference is the people who bring them in now understand exactly what the snakes need but because of time and space pressures some choose not to give the animal what it needs.
The end result often, is dead snakes.
Which opens up another debate. If the demand is so high for normal CFs, if there was a ban on import, then the Ball market in the uk would be fantastic for CB breeders. Shops paying £10 for a CF royal are not that bothered if they lose a few, but if they are paying £30/40 to breeders then they will look after there investment and hopefully the customer will get a nice feeding healthy snake.
mike
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jakeus · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 16 Jan 2007 Posts: 664

Blimey. I have never read that book so would be hard to comment. Would be interesting to see the pics, although possibly upsetting.

mike h · CaptiveBred Addict! Joined: 18 Mar 2006 Posts: 778

Ignore the 90% above, but there is a large %
As always I am open to have my view changed

mike
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Lynne · Posted: Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:57 pm Post subject:

i think its the idea off the females NOT always being released back into the wild once they have laid. some are killed for meat, some are killed for skins. i do know paul tried like a bear to get a captive bred royal and couldnt.
i have seen the pictures of these wee babies hatching out in filthy huge warehouses with dirt on the floor. do not ask me to scan and post, cause it takes me to turn the comp on im afraid.
i had the chance of two cfed youngster and then found three cb youngsters and bought them instead. but if you are not lucky enough to know where to find a cb hatchling, well what can you do.
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