Quote Originally Posted by daniel1983
This is not a good practice.

Once an animal is removed from the wild, the chances for survival are not as great and not to mention the countless other issues that could arise. I would recommend that once you take an animal from the wild....you make sure it remains in captivity the rest of it's life.
while i agree partly to what you are saying, i really doubt if i catch a garter snake or tree frog near my house, keep it for a while and let it go its going to forget how to live and eat. Reptiles cant be tamed like a dog or cat and forget how to survive, its instinct. why do you think most baby sakes are so nippy when they are born? even captive hatched, they are born like that.