Organizations have a habit of misconstruing everything about the pet industry... then they present the information in a way that allows the public to misinterpret what it is they are looking at.
The last thing the reptile hobby needs is some amped up animal rights group to show legal, harmless reptiles like ball pythons that are placed in a bin together simply for a photograph, to the public and tell them how the hobby jams dangerous animals into tiny bins and sells them behind closed doors...
Good on you for rejecting their request!