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[spongebob]

Hi,
I noticed that there is another ballot posted on Petlink for those in NSW. This time for five Saltuarius Swaini – Southern Leaf-tailed Geckos. At first I thought it might have been an April Fools! Chose a good day to post it but then I came to the conclusion it is genuine. After the last one from their Hurstville Office I realised that although there maybe more than one of some species they were balloting them off individually, and in the current post this is made clear.
Why?
My understanding is that if you are successful you cannot then move the reptile to someone else. Even if you could how would you locate other receivers? Hence this system effectively ensures that these animals cannot be bred. So even in the case of geckos which can be easily sexed the system while fairly distributing amongst the herp community, ensures 'solitary confinement', unless you can locate another one from another source.
Perhaps DEC could make a comment?