This is just plain wrong

[jeff]

I found this site, which is evil for first of all offering frog and salamander eggs, wild collected for sale. Plus, I found this and don't know what to think. Either they are insanly cruel or just used the tank for a picture, but whatever is going on in their heads I am really pissed off. http://www.wardsci.com/product.asp_Q_pn_E_878255_A_Congo+Eel

 

[joan]

Yikes! I sincerely hope that tank is purely for photographic purposes.

 

[ian]

haha. yea. they got all of them from the wild.
I dont mind to get the animal from them and take good care with it. But I totally dont support them taking eggs or catching wild animal.

But I guess, in most if not all pet trade or bio supply store, animals are being treated that way.

 

[william]

even if it is just for photographic purposes, it doesn't mean that people won't think that that is an acceptable way to keep them.

 

[ian]

well. most likely for storage purpose, they might just put them in a plastic container with nothing.

sigh....

 

[andrew]

well they sell mostly to colleges and stuff, the eggs will end up under the microscope, and the adults on the dissecting tray or pickle jar.

 

[john]

Last time I checked, they buy the eggs and adults from Research Amphibians, as do Nasco and several others. They're captive bred on a farm in Tennessee. Talk about a niche market...

However, I agree with William - buyers will probably ignore the care sheets that are sent along, and think they can house them in a barren tank.

(Message edited by duktig on November 15, 2005)

 

[jeff]

I called and got a distributer on the phone. He was about 80 years old and said he gets all his animals from collectors that he pays. He said he would never share their contact information with anyone. Got to keep those highly confedential raping of mother nature secrets safe, you know.

 

[dot]

First off -- Relax.

Second -- I've purchased from that company before. Axolotls, actually, and have spoken to several representatives. They generally don't make it a point to sell live specimens to the public. (When I purchased my axolotls, I had to use my college's name and practically give them a copy of my birth certificate and blood type.) As Andrew stated, they primarily sell for educational purposes.

I actually still have the care sheet I got with my axolotls. It's a little lacking, but serves it's purpose, as it's clearly intended for someone in the educational field as opposed to just a hobbyist.