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[Tyrel26]

excellent points guys, im glad to see people taking part in this post.

you would think that there would be a way to issue a few special permits to allow breeders to collect a pair of snakes to breed just once before returning the pair to the wild and still be able to keep the offspring.

I studied conservation in college (and today i got a call about a conservation job, finally seems i will be a conservation officer!!!!) and i take great interest in these issues. the sad truth is that the only way to conserve this snake may be through captive breeding, but at least thats something. I wish the people in charge of these issues knew just how much you guys care for your snakes and that you guys aren't just some fools with snakes in a tank and would give at least a couple people like yourselves the oppurnity to breed these snakes. I am willing to bet there are already a few in private collections, legal or not.

who knows, maybe in the future someone will get that opportunity.

thanks for reading
tyrel

[Jeff B]

"the sad truth is that the only way to conserve this snake may be through captive breeding, but at least thats something."

I don't think it's a sad truth, but it is probably a reality that captive breeding is the only hope for a population with inevitably zero remaining natural habitat. I guess the other possiblity is relocation to similar habitat?

"I wish the people in charge of these issues knew just how much you guys care for your snakes and that you guys aren't just some fools with snakes in a tank and would give at least a couple people like yourselves the oppurnity to breed these snakes. I am willing to bet there are already a few in private collections, legal or not.

who knows, maybe in the future someone will get that opportunity."

I wish the people in charge would have your vision as well, I would love to work with them. I personally do not know anyone in the US with any underground San Frans. It certainly wouldn't be worth it for me to mess with them, but if someone "in charge" asked me to try to breed them and granted me legal priveledges, I would love to work with them.

[ssssnakeluvr]

I would love to work with them too!!

[Stefan-A]

I guess the other possiblity is relocation to similar habitat?

Unfortunately, that method could easily turn an endangered species into an invasive one, especially when a species' original range was limited by geographical features. It could also mean the end of that species altogether, if a closely related species occurs in the same region.