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<blockquote data-quote="DustyD" data-source="post: 198586" data-attributes="member: 36911"><p>You make some good thoughtful points and hopefully some things are changing. I agree about the captive breeding and I believe there are many small and large breeders already in place.</p><p></p><p> I think there is a place for wild caught too, if not for the basic reason of increasing the gene pool in captive bred spiders. I am assuming that too much inbreeding could cause genetic problems way down the road but I am not knowledgeable in that field.</p><p></p><p>Also, I think some countries with tarantula populations could start their own breeding programs ( and maybe some have) where they capture wild tarantulas, breed them, then when it's right, sell some of spiderlings and perhaps raise the rest until their chances of surviving the wild are the best and reintroducing them. Hopefully there would be some economic benefit to this for the countries, particularly the poorer areas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DustyD, post: 198586, member: 36911"] You make some good thoughtful points and hopefully some things are changing. I agree about the captive breeding and I believe there are many small and large breeders already in place. I think there is a place for wild caught too, if not for the basic reason of increasing the gene pool in captive bred spiders. I am assuming that too much inbreeding could cause genetic problems way down the road but I am not knowledgeable in that field. Also, I think some countries with tarantula populations could start their own breeding programs ( and maybe some have) where they capture wild tarantulas, breed them, then when it's right, sell some of spiderlings and perhaps raise the rest until their chances of surviving the wild are the best and reintroducing them. Hopefully there would be some economic benefit to this for the countries, particularly the poorer areas. [/QUOTE]
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