If you sell to restaurant owners, I'm betting they are not used as pets, but as food. Which probably makes you a breeder, but also a terrible person in my eyes!
This is a weird question. What's the reasoning behind it?
If you are a steady production of hatchlings and have sold to local restaurant owners(as pets) are you considered a breeder?
This isn't so easily defined. I don't think there is some magic number that makes you a breeder if you go over it. For example: If you produce 99 babies, you are not a breeder, but if you make 100 or more, you are. It just doesn't work that way, and I don't think who you sell them to has anything to do with whether or not you are a breeder. Further, I think there is a distinction for a breeder like me who has a "real" job, but does tortoises as a hobby and produces a few babies per year, vs. someone who does nothing but tortoises and that is their sole job and primary income source.
Why do you ask? And what would restaurant owners want with live chelonians if not for food?
I see.I’m friends with most of the famous restaurants owner. I see they have admiration for them and check on them. They are kept at home and with all the needs and care.
I see.
What species are we talking about and how many babies per year are you making?
There are a lot of countries that eat tortoise and turtles.I’m friends with most of the famous restaurants owner. I see they have admiration for them and check on them. They are kept at home and with all the needs and care. What human would eat helpless animals and why.
Leopard and I make about 50 a year.
There are a lot of countries that eat tortoise and turtles.
There are a lot of countries that eat tortoise and turtles.
In South America, redfoots are considered by Catholics to be grouped with fish so they ca be eaten during Lent. I’ve heard that the indigenous people sell them roadside for food. It would be nice if the Pope could change the attitudes on this.