I'd love to see a pet store with a full grown savannah monitor on display. There is a pretty good specialty store in a city about 1 1/2 hours south of me that I used to go to once in a while for live feeders. They had some pretty awesome dart frog displays, and generally had solid care information available for customers. I wish they had more snake stuff, but that's just my preference
While I don't like how Petco and Petsmart care for their reptiles (generally, great to know there are good ones!) I would rather try and change company policy or help educate the staff than write off pet stores as a bad thing. There are some pretty twisted individuals who keep animals in MUCH less than desirable (or habitable) conditions, but for every ridiculous craigslist post and crap pet store I hear about I know 3 awesome keepers who have healthy loved pets at home (and work, sometimes). Many of them purchase their first snake or lizard at one of the main chain stores, and I keep canned replies in my email now with breeder and resource recommendations
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