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Old 25-04-2009, 11:15 PM
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Myself and friends are looking to forward a petition to the goverment regarding reptile welfare in shops. Many reptiles are not properly looked after and also sold as healthy when they are not. We are trying to make all shop have certain policies in place, adequate training and veternary check on all pets to be sold to be placed in order to keep a licence. I'm am looking to see how many people would back us in protecting reptile welfare
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Old 26-04-2009, 12:07 AM
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It needs 200 minimum to be worth of action from the government.
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Old 26-04-2009, 12:19 AM
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Really good idea! Im sure there are many reasons why this will not work butyour right! Im sure you can get way more than 200 sigs from here.

I went to a local shop today and it sickened me!

Best of luck!! I wish I could help but it really is not my area.
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Old 26-04-2009, 12:21 AM
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veternary check on all pets to be sold to be placed in order to keep a licence.
in theory this would be great.... in reality it would kill the trade.
a vet checking all livestock say once a week for 4 or so hours would be a massive increase in outgoings for the business owner and as a result prices will go sky high.
Say a shop has a normal leo gecko and it needs to be vet checked, average £20-£40 vet consultation on top of normal price. so now normal leo gecko that was say £30-£45(retail average) is now anywhere from £55-£95. no-one would buy it.
at the moment a AW visit every 6months with a qualified vet (THAT KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE EVEN ON ABOUT) for guidence and opinion is about all they will get.
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Old 26-04-2009, 02:13 AM
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wont that just give ammo to the people who want all rep keeping banned, a few nasty letters and bricks thru the window may work better
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Old 26-04-2009, 08:32 AM
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its a great idea but just be careful you dont give the rspca more reason to push for a ban on keeping exotics, they winge enough as it is, i do agree with you though that some shops are a disgrace, maybe inspections for all pet shops in general would be a better idea?
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Just a quickie,

You actually need a lot more than 200 sigs for action

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Well RFUK has 23000 members, more than 200 should be easy....
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in theory this would be great.... in reality it would kill the trade.
a vet checking all livestock say once a week for 4 or so hours would be a massive increase in outgoings for the business owner and as a result prices will go sky high.
Say a shop has a normal leo gecko and it needs to be vet checked, average £20-£40 vet consultation on top of normal price. so now normal leo gecko that was say £30-£45(retail average) is now anywhere from £55-£95. no-one would buy it.
at the moment a AW visit every 6months with a qualified vet (THAT KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE EVEN ON ABOUT) for guidence and opinion is about all they will get.
I agree but Normal leos are sold for £60-£80 around here! Its stupid
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Well RFUK has 23000 members, more than 200 should be easy....

i'm sure 20,000 of those are multiple accounts from spammers scammers and trolls
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