If so, all the more reason for strictly ethical locale-specific propogation of all T species.I'm not sure if this is likely to happen or not but I was watching Deadly Tarantula Girl on youtube showing her poecilotheria metallica which was stunning as usual but she said that CITES is attempting to put all species of poecilotheria on the illegal to own and purchase list.. I sure hope this don't happen seeing how the poecilotheria is hands down my favorite species
yeah I thought the same thing.. that they ban wild caught exports but the way she worded it is concerning
Yes, exactly. The capive breds are fine. Like B. smithi.
the effort you have to go through to breed and sell a CITES protected species has to make the cost of a species sky rocket? even that would greatly impact the poecilotheria species
that article makes thing sound reasonable but it claims only brachypelma under the cites list but I thought they placed any species from chile on the list a couple years ago to include some scorpion species but most importantly the chilean rose hair? I do support the idea of captive breed only.. it does put a lot less strain on the species in the wild but it obviously raises the price. I prefer CB species myself.. it reduces your risk of diseases and mites.. I know its still possible but it's much lower then wild caught specimens. (edited to add that obviously CB only risks inbreeding but we should be cautious in the breeding of CB tarantulas and if the gene pool becomes jeopardized then temporarily pluck a few males and females for breeding only and set parents back out in the wild)
that was a interesting article was added to my favorites.. after reading a bit it appears Sri Lanka has poecilotheria as a protected species but the laws are weak and almost never enforced.. so illegal collections + over deforestation + local people killing them out of fear = a real bad time for pokie enthusiasts
