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<blockquote data-quote="Jess S" data-source="post: 155202" data-attributes="member: 29302"><p>It's good to hear your opinion on this. It does make me feel a little better. I watched a video (Love Tarantulas site, they have a YouTube channel) the other day on Brachypelmas, where they were returning to locations they'd previously found many specimens to find nothing but dug up burrows.</p><p></p><p>If slow growing T's that take years to mature and reproduce are being taken out of the wild year after year, before they get a chance to breed + more importantly keep breeding, then eventually, the local population will start to collapse</p><p></p><p>There have to be 100's of thousands of T's in the UK alone. I doubt anyone knows what percentage are WC A.chalcodes. Let alone in the rest of the T collecting world. And therein lies the problem. If we have an idea of how many there are in the wild and how many get taken every year, then we are able to make the right conservation efforts. But I've yet to find details of anyone actually looking into this.</p><p></p><p>It's great to hear that where you are A. anax is plentiful. They seem like a lovely T. I wish I could find them on my back door! You're so lucky.</p><p></p><p>Yes, I also agree that wild caught started the hobby. I'm not against wild caught to get sustainable captive breeding going, like we do for other T's. But it's not economical for breeders to raise A chalcodes slings til adulthood (because you're talking about a decade). They are a popular T. and everyone quite reasonably wants an adult specimen, because who wants to wait 10 years for their sling to grow to a decent size? I feel there is a reason the females of these slow growing species live so long, and that is so they continue to breed year after year, to keep local populations strong.</p><p></p><p>As T keeping continues to grow in popularity, with A chalcodes continually recommended as an excellent beginner T, eventually there will come a tipping point. I guess it all comes down to, are the numbers that get taken a harmful amount, and I'd really like to know that answer!</p><p></p><p>Edit: sorry for the essay!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jess S, post: 155202, member: 29302"] It's good to hear your opinion on this. It does make me feel a little better. I watched a video (Love Tarantulas site, they have a YouTube channel) the other day on Brachypelmas, where they were returning to locations they'd previously found many specimens to find nothing but dug up burrows. If slow growing T's that take years to mature and reproduce are being taken out of the wild year after year, before they get a chance to breed + more importantly keep breeding, then eventually, the local population will start to collapse There have to be 100's of thousands of T's in the UK alone. I doubt anyone knows what percentage are WC A.chalcodes. Let alone in the rest of the T collecting world. And therein lies the problem. If we have an idea of how many there are in the wild and how many get taken every year, then we are able to make the right conservation efforts. But I've yet to find details of anyone actually looking into this. It's great to hear that where you are A. anax is plentiful. They seem like a lovely T. I wish I could find them on my back door! You're so lucky. Yes, I also agree that wild caught started the hobby. I'm not against wild caught to get sustainable captive breeding going, like we do for other T's. But it's not economical for breeders to raise A chalcodes slings til adulthood (because you're talking about a decade). They are a popular T. and everyone quite reasonably wants an adult specimen, because who wants to wait 10 years for their sling to grow to a decent size? I feel there is a reason the females of these slow growing species live so long, and that is so they continue to breed year after year, to keep local populations strong. As T keeping continues to grow in popularity, with A chalcodes continually recommended as an excellent beginner T, eventually there will come a tipping point. I guess it all comes down to, are the numbers that get taken a harmful amount, and I'd really like to know that answer! Edit: sorry for the essay! [/QUOTE]
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