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    Re: san francisco garters

    I read about that as well, one would think that zoos would be encouraged to have these snakes (depending on the zoo of course) rather than be prevented from having them.

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    Re: san francisco garters

    Quote Originally Posted by Tyrel26 View Post
    I read about that as well, one would think that zoos would be encouraged to have these snakes (depending on the zoo of course) rather than be prevented from having them.
    According to the person I spoke to. The Gov. is concidering allowing any found injured S.F garter to be placed at one of the zoos.
    My surprise is the fact the US has no breeding program in place other than the orginal gene pool from Europe.
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    Re: san francisco garters

    Quote Originally Posted by guidofatherof5 View Post
    According to the person I spoke to. The Gov. is concidering allowing any found injured S.F garter to be placed at one of the zoos.
    My surprise is the fact the US has no breeding program in place other than the orginal gene pool from Europe.
    The problem with captive breeding in zoos is where do you go with the offspring. Since there is no re-introduction plan no zoos will make the attempt to breed them because they will be stuck with all the babies. They can't even sell them to other zoos right now.

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