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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Poec54" data-source="post: 40282" data-attributes="member: 3524"><p>many animals aren't safe in the wild.  Locals often kill tarantulas on sight.  With so much 'slash and burn' being done all over the world, countless plants and animals are needlessly killed every year.  Governments that claim to care about and 'protect' wildlife, don't even let those animals and plants be rescued or relocated.  'Better off in the wild'?  Not in a lot of cases.</p></blockquote><p></p>