Horrible way to handle. Opinions?

[jclaiborne]

http://www.varanustalk.com/forum/sho...ht=Screen+Cage

http://www.savannahmonitor.co/

This is just a short post, people (the founder of the site) that I would consider well versed in monitor care (as I am no expert, and I have just delt with a big issue on incorrect husbandry with my tegu because I took advice from breeders, which is why I feel passionatly about this topic) have tried to approach him in the past with no luck, he has a lot of info on his site not just the forum, backed by a lot of data from vets, field research, etc. Again this is my main thing, people see a big name with improper husbandry and they think its ok.

I look at it this way, and I'm sure I will get bashed/flamed for this statement, but here it goes anyways...if we saw a "breeding facility" full of thousands of dogs that were in small cramped cages with the bare minimum stacked from wall to wall, but were fed and clean and healthy "looking" would it still not be a puppy mill? If we saw the same facility filled with cats would it not be an issue about the well being of the cats? For a community of people that love their reptiles why would we not promote the best husbandry and care possible? After all our reptile friends have longer life spans then most "domestic pets". You could even say on an extreme level, we put humans in small cells with lighting, a toilet, bed, and provide food and showers and they will live, will they be healthy, probably, will they thrive, not really...I know that is a big stretch but I am just curious why we think we have the ability to justify poor standards of care for certain animals and not others?