yea... it's to keep people from taking pictures of dirty cages and then turning the pics over to PETA or some other humane society. Which should never be an issue in the first place, because the cages should never get bad in the first place... Assuming policy/procedures are followed, the cages should look immaculate all the time. but lazyness/indifference does seem to happen from time to time. So... the "no picture" policy is set just in case.