Quote Originally Posted by Ridinandreptiles View Post
We have 2 good pet stores one bad one. The good ones are whities and Taylor's reptiles. Both have awesome snakes in a clean rack. BUT whities sells savannah monitors which I hate
Why does it matter if they sell monitors?

I think to answer the op's question, pet stores do help the industry. Whether or not they take care of their animals, they still spread the word. Most people would not know about this type of community with out specifically searching for it on the internet, or going to a pet store. I bought my first corn from a petsmart because I didn't even know you could buy online, let alone that there was such a thing as reptile shows.