Quote Originally Posted by snakemastercanada View Post
Now if we could get the leather industry behind us with their connections as the leather and skin trade is far far greater in size than anything we do maybe as much as 100 times our combined size . We definately need to tell them that their livelyhood is in big trouble as well . Look at how many snakeskin wallets , purses, jackets, boots are sold to those rednecks.
Also think about the chinese herbal medicine market how many herbal medicines have on the label python . That would be illegal to import as well under the lacey act . This is not in any way about just pets.
Andrew Wyatt actually mentioned this on his broadcast on Reptile Radio. The fashion industry is behind the ball and there are efforts to catch them up.