I am mostly against anything wild caught, I won't even buy a WC box turtle, but the alternative is sometimes devastating. Here 300 wild RF and YF are being roasted alive by Kayapo' Indians.
terryo said:I am mostly against anything wild caught, I won't even buy a WC box turtle, but the alternative is sometimes devastating. Here 300 wild RF and YF are being roasted alive by Kayapo' Indians.
Oh god, that sight made me sick to my stomach.... our poor shelled friends.terryo said:I am mostly against anything wild caught, I won't even buy a WC box turtle, but the alternative is sometimes devastating. Here 300 wild RF and YF are being roasted alive by Kayapo' Indians.
terryo said:I am mostly against anything wild caught, I won't even buy a WC box turtle, but the alternative is sometimes devastating. Here 300 wild RF and YF are being roasted alive by Kayapo' Indians.
StudentoftheReptile said:Yeah, I would rather a WC tortoise end up here in the states in a glass box to live a so-so life as someone's pet than be roasted alive by a tribe in South America, but at the same time, I can't fault a fellow human being in a impoverished country for feeding themselves, ya know?
ra94131 said:I actually disagree. I think it is far more "natural" and acceptable for the tortoises to be eaten by an indigenous group than than to be whisked around the world and bred/sold for our amusement.
StudentoftheReptile said:I would rather them be eaten by indigenous peoples than being shipped off to Asian food markets!
StudentoftheReptile said:1.) Fishing - Fish have nerves and feel pain like most other vertebrates. Look at how we treat them: we hook them in the mouth with no aneasthetic, skin them and fillet them practically alive. Its not much different than what folks do at these rattlesnake roundups that people are outraged about right now. Now, Im not trying to attacking the fishing industry; I fish on occasion, and I eat fish regularly. Just offering a different perspective.