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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whitelightning777" data-source="post: 135020" data-attributes="member: 26980">I have and it's horrific.Still, Trump had been very critical of ineffective green laws that harm small businesses.  Tarantula breeders and others fit that definition perfectly.I think we should begin compiling a list of agencies and names that can get both snail mail and email. If several dozen or even over 100 people complain, sometimes the bureaucrats will respond.And it's a valid argument. How do animals that are kept in all 50 States (maybe not Hawaii) and that can have 50 to 500 offspring at a time endangered of extinction when most of the offspring generally survive?Have these guys ever even seen an incubator filled with hundreds of 2nd instar slings? Doubtful.How does harassing pet owners keep do much as one tarantula in Brazil or Sri Lanka alive? It doesn't.How does interstate sales of spiders with such a high reproductive rate contribute to smuggling all the way from native countries?  Once there is a viable breeding population here--problem solved!!I'm all for protecting endangered species, but that requires actually keeping them alive where they live.Forcing each domestic pet population into only one state reduces the generic diversity of these populations and through inbreeding damages the gene pool of the pet population.When breeders can select any male or female from and state, the bloodlines remain vibrant.These laws don't just cause economic and liberty related harm, they create bottlenecks genetically that are bound to show up later.</blockquote>

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