Investigation of Europe’s largest reptile fair
March 2008

Wildlife dealers from all over Europe gathered to sell mostly wild-caught reptiles at the Terraristika reptile fair in Hamm, Germany on the 15 March 2008.

http://www.iar.org.uk/news/2008/mar08-5.shtml

To be honest, I can't say they're lying about some of the conditions they are kept in, cramped into tubs etc.

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i see clifford warrick had his two penneth to say again

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not good news

Its just your standard propoganda, we've all seen it before. Incorrect information (UK shows are still going ahead!) the same person (Clifford) can be relied upon to give corroborating information because he has some letters after his name, vague information with no statistics "mostly wild caught" (did they check the origins of every animal to come up with the fact that they consider WC to be a majority?)

It's the same stuff year in year out, not a story, not a report, not any sort of facts or evidence, just a snippet of propoganda.

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to be fair there really wouldnt have been much on the wild caugh side of things

They must've worked fast if they covered all 11 000 sq.m of the show and noted the origin of every animal on display and calculated that "most" i.e greater than 50% were WC. It's great how "experts" can pluck figures out of thin air and make them sound researched and official. t0ss3r5

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Why can't anyone call me "sir" without adding "will you please leave" ?

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My Amphibians2.2.0 Litoria caerulea 1.1.0 Kaloula pulchra

My Inverts0.0.1 Heterometrus longimanus

Others0.1.0 cats 1.0.0 son (very expensive to keep)

where are all the wc morphs hiding? c ause thats somewhere i'd like to go snake hunting, go get me some wc blue eyed leuy royals

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MY SNAKES AND INVERTSLAVENDER 1.1BUTTER 1.0ABBOTTS OKEETEE 2.1BLOODRED 1.1STRAWBERRY SNOW 0.1ULTRAMEL HET CARAMEL 0.1STRIPED HOUSE SNAKE 0.1CAPE HOUSE SNAKE 0.1.1AMEL CAPE HOUSE SNAKE 1.1ROYAL PYTHON 0.1MEXICAN RED KNEE 0.0.3BRAZILLIAN WHITE KNEE 0.0.2GIANT SPINEY STICK INSECTS 2.3

yeah i saw all of thoose

how much of hamm is morphs? how can they come to those figures

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MY SNAKES AND INVERTSLAVENDER 1.1BUTTER 1.0ABBOTTS OKEETEE 2.1BLOODRED 1.1STRAWBERRY SNOW 0.1ULTRAMEL HET CARAMEL 0.1STRIPED HOUSE SNAKE 0.1CAPE HOUSE SNAKE 0.1.1AMEL CAPE HOUSE SNAKE 1.1ROYAL PYTHON 0.1MEXICAN RED KNEE 0.0.3BRAZILLIAN WHITE KNEE 0.0.2GIANT SPINEY STICK INSECTS 2.3