The establishment of the Burmese python approximately 2 decades ago within the Everglades National Park has been a major ongoing battle between animal rights groups and the herpetological community. The fact that these magnificent animals have made a strong foothold within the ENP has some people concerned for safety of their families and pets. Others, […]
This is a special guest post from Dave L. Johnson. Way back when I first started keeping reptiles I became instantly hooked on the hobby and in the space of a few months I soon had the start of a collection amassing. I had a few snakes but my real passion was lizards as interacting […]
Policing the Reptile Industry I spoke to a colleague recently on the phone and we were speaking of various aspects of herpetoculture. We spoke of the impact of media hype, legal allegations of animal rights groups, as well as policing our own industry. I say industry because, well fact is, we aren’t a community. That’s […]
