Quote Originally Posted by jeanette View Post
lets pose this one question then........how can we all guarantee that the garters that we buy in pet shops are not in fact those who come from a dirty gene pool?
just becasue they look like a certain breed and act like a certain breed does not mean that they are not a mixed breed that just happens to have reverted to an ancestors looks.
the simple fact here is that we as a human race have persistantly played god with animals gene pool its enviroment and its life.......in every case the animal has paid the price. as previously stated in europe we dont have these garters naturally and if one breeder had a lot escape then you are not only going to get mixed breed garters roaming free, they are going to be roaming free in an alien habitat.
breeding is something everyone thinks they should be able to do with their own rules,
and if accidents happen, the animal suffers. if the litter/clutch doesnt turn out right then its the animal that suffers.
wheres the justice in this? the mixed breed clutch should be rehomed, maybe theres a sanctuary that can take them, maybe you have to hope that SOME people can be trusted, maybe you want toplay god and decide who should live and who should die, but my opinion is these are living creatures and they do deserve a chance
My key issue with this post is "you have to hope that SOME people can be trusted." Look at the world we live in. You said "SOME." This controversy requires ALL to be trusted. I can hope. I can dream. That won't make it a reality!