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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Martin Oosthuysen" data-source="post: 32949" data-attributes="member: 1070"><p>The ban is not in effect yet,also I feel its a joke since looking at the biggest reason for the downward trend in numbers is due mostly to deforestation and expansion of human settlements. They want to keep it safe from the hobby,meaning illegal collection of specimens but its okay to cut down thousands of trees not only Poecilotheria Metallica's homes but numerous other animals plants insects etc for the sake of development.</p></blockquote><p></p>