I was browsing through the forums and came across this thread about purchasing a BP in order to rescue it. On the one hand the concern is that by purchasing the snake you are encouraging the pet store to treat more the same. That is too say, poorly. The other side of the coin is that if you have the ability (time, money, knowledge, etc) to rescue one you should do what you can do for it.

I just wanted to get everyone's thought on the matter. Is buying a snake to rescue it -

a) Going to accomplish anything for the good of captive reptiles in general?

b) More damaging than it is good?

c) The easy way out? In otherwords instead of throwing a wad of cash at them should we spend our time educating them instead?