Quote Originally Posted by Willowy View Post
Well, I mean, if the attitude of the pro side is "so we have to kill some of them, who cares", that does turn a lot of people off. Seeing that kind of indifference to a life is a bit disturbing. If the argument is "it doesn't affect quality of life so we don't have to kill any (or not any more, percentage-wise, than any other morph", well, that's a whole different argument. So you're never quite sure which one is actually true. . .
Actually, I hadn't considered your opening statement fully. The breeders who are the kind of people in this for only the money are not going to end up saying "who cares?" Because they care. That snake just ate into their potential profit margin. Mind that I'm referring to the same overarching group* who is more likely to cull normals because the cost to house and feed them would be more than they wish to expend.

The professional breeders also include many people who care deeply about the animals they have, and only a slim few breeders, hobbyist or professional, are the kinds of people who cull snakes without it being better for the animal than the suffering they would endure in life.

*Note: the overarching group refers to a group of people who care about profit margins on the snakes, not all members of that group would cull normals, and not all members of that group are professionals.