Quote Originally Posted by Patrick Long View Post
I think everyone is in this forum for the same reason, WE ALL LOVE HERPS. So what if you loooooved Blood python, but 4 years from now, when you are actually ready to get one, there are none to be found, all your finding is Super balls?

Thats the way that I look at it. I see it as almost a malignant growth, that just slowing builds is girth, until it spills over into other regions, ie: YOUR buying market.
I honestly don't think pure species would ever be replaced completely by hybrids. There are way too many "purists" in the hobby that love the animals in their natural state, and with the variation of most true species (color and pattern mutation) most people don't see the point in hybridizing different species.

I do agree however, that with animals that can no longer be brought into captivity outside their country of origin (i.e. many Australian animals) should not be hybridized until the captive populations are to a level in which there are more than enough of the pure species available to private collections.

This debate has raged on, on many of the fish forums that I frequent. You're always going to find almost equal numbers of people that are for and against hybridizing, I think it's just in human nature to be curious about what (this) crossed with (this) would look like, act like, etc...

Like Christie said, as long as the hybrid animals are not falsely represented at pure species, I really don't see a problem with hybrids. To each their own!

Just my opinion.