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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Redsycthe" data-source="post: 176286" data-attributes="member: 32850"><p>Yeah, I'm hoping so, I did some research there are not many efforts to actually conserve and repopulate. This is due to deforestation and industrialization. Habitats are permanently wiped out. A true hobbyist and collector gets the brunt of habitat destruction having these species pulled away from the trade and banned. When in reality the hobbyist is keeping these species from being completely wiped out. Ultimate problem is captive bred P's will not do great when released into the wild. Simulated environments actually create an overwhelming influx that truly affects breeding and survival. Wild species just dont get attention. "They cut down the trees and oh they are just spiders". Failure to realize that P's are pretty much endemic to Sri Lanka this poses much more of a threat. They are more centralized, if a majority of that natural habitat disappears so does the spider.</p></blockquote><p></p>