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I have always liked salamanders just as much as I like tortoises. I was wondering if anybody else on this forum had any of them. I have a tiger yellow spotted and a blue spotted
i wish i owned one but in INDIA keeping ANY KIND of reptile is banned although we have lots of house lizards stopping by our houses every now and then
i wish i owned one but in INDIA keeping ANY KIND of reptile is banned although we have lots of house lizards stopping by our houses every now and then
there is no specific or exact reason.... but from what i know is that Indian Star population is declining and most indian people keep tortoises only because tortoises are considered lucky, good omen, in indian culture and 99% of those people don't have the dedication and don't know how to properly care for these creatures.... most only feed tomato and cucumber to the tortoises for the rest of its life... and breeding program in india is pretty much impossible and rare because most people are not that dedicated and involved so we don't have Any Captive bred tortoises.... most almost 97% of the tortoise kept illegally as pet come from the wild.... the native tribes find it easy source of money to capture these creatures and sell to people.... so the government thought it'd be in best of interests of the tortoise to ban their ownership.....because our government has already many basic and grave problems related to humans, they simply can't start a program of distributing NOC's or Permits to individuals regarding ownership of tortoises,.... you would be astonished to know that the trend of keeping fishes and aquariums has just kicked off in the last 10-15 years in india..... before that not many people were involved in it ..... Dogs and parrots were the most found pets....wow i couldn't live there then lol why is it banned?
as i said the government is so busy with the issues regarding humans.... they don't provide or have any system of giving out permits..... the illegally owned tortoises are sometimes seized and dumped in locals zoos where they are kept with rabbits sometimes and are fed food prepared for rabbits... what i want to portray is that even the wildlife authority is not totally dedicated in proper care and rehabilitation... they just want to seize in the name of law and then dump the headache of caring, with the tortoises ending up in local zoos or other horrible facilities... there are laws but not properly practiced ..... but the authorities in southern india are strict and proper in this manner.... they properly rehabilitate the seized tortoise... but the no. of dedicated authorities is very low hence the indian star tortoises are greatly affected.....Shanu303, now I understand why it is illegal and it makes sense.. Thank you for that, I didn't know that..
So can you apply for a permit to keep them legally or is it strictly forbidden?
@jeffstort i am really sorry to highjack your thread... we shall move our further conversations to a new thread... sorry
@G_Vincey if you have any further queries or anything to ask just pm me... let's not wave off from the topic of this thread.....
sorry wrong spelling highjack= "hijack"@jeffstort i am really sorry to highjack your thread... we shall move our further conversations to a new thread... sorry
@G_Vincey if you have any further queries or anything to ask just pm me... let's not wave off from the topic of this thread.....