There are people out there that solicit buyers that have no knowledge with 'get rich quick breeding reptiles' bs. There is a pair of guys, or maybe they were brothers, that do that with bearded dragons making claims how you'll make money and if not, 'we'll buy the breeding stock back!' something along those lines, been posted about multiple times on the BOI by people that feel they were scammed and yet new people still fall for it. There was a gecko guy using it as a sales tactic to sell his (imo overpriced) leos. Heard it a few times over the years and won't be surprised to hear it again. People will and do see these animals simply as a commodity. Not much different IMO than some of the people that wholesale/flip/catch WC in bulk, etc etc. There always seems to be a dirty underbelly in any business, the saddest part is when it deals with living creatures who are helpless and captive to our whims.
I'll stop ranting now.
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