Quote Originally Posted by stevepoppers View Post
Heavy thread...

We can't stop idiots who won't take care of their pet.
We can't stop normals being available aside from legally licensing who can sell them (possible good idea, but would disenfranchise many such as myself). Importers and other people will still do what you don't want them to do. A ban would only fuel a black market as it does with everything.
I was shocked by the very idea of stopping breeding normals just because idiots don't take care of them. Make it a normal or anything else, if they'll treat any living creature like that, you can bet they'll do the same to another. Remember, most people hate these animals. True, spiteful, horrible hate.
Normals (and any other morph) should be bred for desirable qualities as well as appearance.

I don't know. This is like the people who kill cats and dogs because they think there're too many of them. There are too many people. Shall we start killing them? Their overpopulation issue threatens us in a far greater way. Or just spay and neuter? Or just leave it to nature to sort out? Again, it could be solved if people in general were less idiotic.

I guess I should ask, "Why NOT breed normals?" Aside from just not wanting to produce them, why shouldn't they be bred in general?

OP, you've picked up on a lot of problems with the bp industry, the pet industry, education, and humanity in general. But, normal ball pythons are NOT the cause for these problems, and their absence would not be the solution. These problems all have their own complicated roots and various possible solutions, which are all outside the scope of this thread, this forum, this community, this industry, and any group that isn't the majority of a majority of the countries of the world.

Don't make normal ball pythons a poor scapegoat for what's wrong with humanity. Please.
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