Frog, I totally understand where you are coming from. But I think this is the way the outside world views it. The problem is, people are still going to buy reptiles who shouldn't, and there still needs to be some sort of solution for the unwanted ones. I don't know, but I think that dog breeders who do follow this protocol get very few dogs back. So I am thinking that they screen very carefully who they go to and probably breed an animal of such quality that few people find the need to return them. The dogs from these types of breeders are not the ones ending up in shelters. (By the way, I am speaking from the dog world view because this is the world I am most familiar with since I am involved in dog training, which of course has made me very familiar with the unwanted dog crisis). Jacks idea did remind me of how responsible dog breeders do things. The problem I suppose with taking back reptiles is that they live so long. You could be 80 years old and getting a call to take back some snake you sold 20 years ago.... the longevity of the snake is probably a contributing factor to the problem of what to do with unwanted animals.
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