people with exotics in their collection will catch, feed, observe, and then release the bug. worse yet, they will catch a bug, feed it, hatch its babies, feed *them*, and then release the babies back into nature.
we know nothing about invert diseases in the hobby. i have start researching them and it is pretty scary. pretty much every other established culturing hobby knows you can't release. they have seen the damage it causes.
i wish stupid ppl could just recognize their betters and do what they say =P
OK yes you are right and that is bad. I know this because I adopted a endangered California Desert Tortoise..registered with fish and game and I know that he can carry a host of things to kill everything around him if he were to be just "let go" into the wild and the responsibility given length of life he has. He is about 13-14 years old and he is in my will along with all my tarantulas.
What a bunch of BS that they would do that. Who knows the impact it could carry on the animals of all types in the wild.
cacoseraph
[QUOTE=scottyk;1067816]This point can be further illustrated by researching some of the problems facing The California Desert Tortoise.
A well intentioned push for captive breeding and the return of former pets to the wild either introduced or caused the spread of a severe respiratory infection. The result was a loss of not only the reintroduced specimins, but a the death of most wild tortoises in the release areas. It is now illegal to collect them "and" to release captives...
A North American Tarantula in a home collection could easily be exposed to parasites or pathogens from any number of exotic spiders and insects that it would never encounter in the wild. Without full understanding of what those could be and what possible incubation times are involved, there is a real risk involved in such practices..[/QUOTE]
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