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mrMikk
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I also feel that you should have given Simon the opportunity to respond to your concerns in a private manner, rather than posting in a public forum.

Posting in a private capacity would not achieve my objective which was simply putting things in prospective and stating that some of what was written by Doc Rock is biased. It wasn’t a question of needing to ask him anything.

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While not taking side in this debate, I am sure you do indeed have extensive experience in your field Pilbara. However, most will agree that Simon Stone is one of this country's foremost experts on Australian snakes, and I am positive you would concede that his opinion does carry weight.

There is no argument from me that Simon has extensive experience in breeding and maintaining some species of pythons. If you concede that his opinion carries weight, then this makes it even more important to the inexperienced punters out there that what he says is based on fact and not just on generalized personal opinion derived from very little experience.

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Pilbara, perhaps you can shed some light on what your legislative obligations are around being able to take wild caught reptiles.

The legislative obligations are long and many, but briefly,
All collecting activity here is done with strict licence conditions than entail the collection of GPS points of capture, weights and measurements and condition of each collected reptiles etc.
We have to provide 48 written prior collection notice of vehicle, property location.
We have to quarantine captives for three weeks and treat accordingly for internal and external parasites, supply written notice of reptile transfer, complete records and of course pay large fees of which every body hates.

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