problem with w.c. gravids from africa!!!!!!!

[littleindiangirl]

JonV,

For Tracy Barker to take a stand against the importation of ball pythons skews toward hypocritical. Her company has some of the most unusual ball pythons out there and they produced many of them FIRST. Think she was first because she got real lucky on a CB normal X CB normal? Nope, she participated in the plucking just like everyone else. And now that she has her edge, her advantage, in the ball morph BUSINESS she decides to oppose the same practice that helped catapult her to where she is? That's just too convenient.

If you put down your pitchfork for a moment, you would understand what Tracy actually had to say. No, I don't have a transcript in front of me, but this is along the lines of what she said... (paraphrasing here)

"Our captive populations and gene pool is sustainable without continued importation of ball pythons."

I don't recall her ever saying she didn't import animals. In fact, she is one of the first people to get different wild caught species to successfully breed, hatch and live in captivity, even though she may not work with each species any more.

They do still import other species of snake. Species that do not have high numbers here in the US.

She firmly believes that continuing to import ball pythons is not needed. Never has she said she hasn't imported them, or that they aren't importing any other snake species.

It's good advice to get your facts straight before you start calling someone a hypocrite.