this brings up something i’ve felt strongly about and have experimented with in arachnid keeping that i would also like to bring into my snake keeping - my dream is to be able to keep/produce specimens so pure, so true to nature that i could actually work with conservationists to combat the extinction of endangered species - i originally got the idea through keeping pokies/Poecilotheria genus tarantulas that are endemic to India and of whom, most species in the genus are critically endangered due to pollution, industrialization, climate change, etc - i truly believe that the divide between hobbyists and scientists could be mended thru such mutually beneficial arrangements
this is what I would prefer to do rather than euthanize and all of this - i would much rather donate my surplus to conservationists to study or release back into the wild rather trying to make a buck by killing them and selling them for cobra food
