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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Martin Oosthuysen" data-source="post: 24006" data-attributes="member: 1070">- permits have longterm positive effects,controlling and monitoring of specimens.- in the future more strict measures will be enforced with transgressors.- husbandry skills of lower standards,are inhumane towards the captive specimens.Okay,all of the above makes perfect sense. Again now I return to what I've said, having a governing body would allow easy monitoring of specimens held captive. Also of how they are held captive, natcon could say if you're not part of this initiative you're outside natcons blanket. A set of standards could be implemented as this bodies set guidelines, thus growing more trust from natcon. This could educate people to the fact that natcon is not out to get them,but educate them.</blockquote>