Oh man they better not ban Boas! The Boas and Balls DO bring in the most money. Im sure if they include these it will be very noticable the damage it will do to the amount of money changing hands. They have no idea at all the hundreds of thousand of dollars spent each year on the purchase and care of these animals in the herp world. Most of it isnt tax free either.Originally Posted by Denial
If only someone could put together a spread sheet to show what really goes into it and just how much the government will lose. The shipping companies, fedex & ups. Packaging. All the pet stores. Think about all the bedding & supplies people buy for breeding rodents. Bedding, racks, wheels, food, chew toys, tanks, lids etc.. Online supplies stores for UTH, therms, cages, bowls, bedding, lights, hygros, hides. The rack makers. Incubators. All the websites which require membership and fees to post adds. etc etc etc.
They have absolutely no idea how much money would be takin out of circulation. When you really think about everyone who will be affected because of the massive size of this hobby its really astronomical.
Im sure it will be very financially noticable for everyone. Wow. It will be very bad if they really do this. They just have no idea. It would be SO bad that they would literally wish they had not done it.
If the shipping companies were told of the actual impact this will have I bet some of their people would fight it too. TONS of reptiles are shipped every day!
Ive never really thought about it in this way but its really amazing the damage it will do when you think down through all the levels that go into this hobby.
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