Perentie babies!!!

[crocdoc]

Originally Posted by Pirarucu

...so long as measures are set in place to ensure they are properly cared for, and they are captive bred as much as possible.

Ah, but those measures clearly aren't in place.

[Pirarucu]

Originally Posted by crocdoc

Ah, but those measures clearly aren't in place.

Exactly. Perenties at least would be pricey and captive bred in the private sector. Niles and Waters desperately need regulations, I'm more worried about those... At the same time care should be taken that the regulations don't go overboard. A more pricey import process and permit systems. You can't go too far or you will just turn it into a black market.
In my opinion the best option would be a permit process similar to the one that Florida has for venomous snakes. The way it works is you pay a fee of $100 and spend 1,000 hours training with someone who has a permit. Then you are entered into the system, and you must undergo biannual inspections as well as keep them updated on what species you currently own.
The only modification I would make is to decrease it to around 100 training hours, but other than that it would work well.

[jhinton6932]

Originally Posted by crocdoc

They're not difficult to breed, but you do need a pair to start with (), space and good nesting sites.

The parents of those babies were bred by a facility at which I used to work and, as I was involved in the process, were incubated, hatched and raised for the first while here in my home. I have been corresponding with the person in charge of the perenties at Black Hills regarding breeding them over there and am glad he succeeded. I hope they remain within AZA facilities.

awesome man, awesome

[philipniceguy]

It is great to see them hatch AMAZING. While I know zoos do sell to public all over the world. I don't really see why it's so bad. Thousands of animals are killed or eggs detroyed just because zoos are full mainly males of many rare sp. Having perenties in public hands will not turn out like waters and niles purely because they would need to bred in HUGE large numbers and they willn't be so price will remain high and only a handfull of keepers will want to splash out that sort of money on a animal. I however hope to see them in public hands over the next 10 or so years as long as they are genuine CB not smuggled