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I was just on a website (kingsnake choose australian herp and then australian smuggling and wildlife crime site) and the way officials behave to people who keep GTP is unreal. What is it with NPWS officials who do not want these snakes bred in captivity? Hve a read for yourself and it will blow you away. I know of a place in queensland where they kept 12 seized GTP for 5 years. At the orriginal seizing they had a gravid female, as soon as she had laid the eggs the eggs were given to steve irwin. These eggs all hatched. The leftover pythons were kept at this NPWS facility for 5 years and the owner could not get them back even though he appealed many times in court. The result, Steve Irwin got those as well.
In SA I've heard that seized reptiles get auctioned off each month or so, which sound good to me. Isn't it true that the more captive bred material there is the less illegal trade happens. Anyway the whole thing got me quite angry on a saturday morning.