Damn, it's a small world out there. I bought a lizard off Niall a few years back. Aside from the fact that he incorrectly sexed the lizard he generally seemed like a nice guy.
It does make you wonder whether all these strict and often seemingly senseless regulations are causing more harm than good, however
I contacted him couple of seasons ago after I was given his name by someone over there as a potential source of Western Netted Dragons. He said he was keeping the ones he had so I missed out. Looks like I might have been fortunate to get my little group from you Kayla. They're doing really great by the way. Can't beat captive bred for establishing animals after shipping they just settle right in as soon as you put them in the enclosure. Thanks again.
Mark Hawker
I can see both sides to the argument though Kayla. If borders were opened for legal export of these 'in demand' species would it not likely lead to more idiots robbing them from the wild to make a quick buck?
I came across a guy in Victoria at one time who was a well known breeder/seller of certain lizard species. Actually turned out he was taking from the wild and passing them off as captive bred. During incubation periods he had actually gone to the extreme of making his own artificial eggs that he put in the incubator in-case he got a visit from the local rangers as he was on their radar for some reason.
If there is money to be made from anything there is some deceitful, conniving human trying to cheat the system with total disregard for anything or anyone who gets in the way.
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