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I am from India.And i have a very interesting point here.In India,having tortoises at home is illegal.Its a huge fine and jail as punishment.Being curious about wildlife.I am quiet involved in breeding and petting activities though illegal as per the law.I have seen pet stores having tortoises in such dirty conditions that you wouldn't have seen anywhere.And most of them sold are not in a healthy conditions.They will cost about 30US$ to 60US$ as per the size.The point i have is,what if having pet tortoises and turtles is made legal?Even now breeding is done at illegal bases,with fithy and dirty conditions.So if the goverment makes it legal,like only authorized people are allowed to breed and sell them,these sales can be done at a better level,atleast it wont introduce unhealthy animals into pet trade!I saw on TV that all tortoises which are sold are injected with a microchip.Why cant they do it here?Only captive bred specimens for sale!Thats it!The condition here is so poor that even a UVB light is not available!Please do reply on this.Am i right in my point of view?Should i take these points to a higher level in the goverment?
I am from India.And i have a very interesting point here.In India,having tortoises at home is illegal.Its a huge fine and jail as punishment.Being curious about wildlife.I am quiet involved in breeding and petting activities though illegal as per the law.I have seen pet stores having tortoises in such dirty conditions that you wouldn't have seen anywhere.And most of them sold are not in a healthy conditions.They will cost about 30US$ to 60US$ as per the size.The point i have is,what if having pet tortoises and turtles is made legal?Even now breeding is done at illegal bases,with fithy and dirty conditions.So if the goverment makes it legal,like only authorized people are allowed to breed and sell them,these sales can be done at a better level,atleast it wont introduce unhealthy animals into pet trade!I saw on TV that all tortoises which are sold are injected with a microchip.Why cant they do it here?Only captive bred specimens for sale!Thats it!The condition here is so poor that even a UVB light is not available!Please do reply on this.Am i right in my point of view?Should i take these points to a higher level in the goverment?