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abell82

abell82

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But the Federal Epa announced that CO2 is a harmful substance on the 12/ 9? I have not seen anything much more then this. But I am curious how this will effect us, and how this will effect the reptile industry in general?
Isn't CO2 used as a euthanasia agent for mice? If so, and the EPA begins restricting it's sale... anyway just curious.
 
I am sure licensed breeders would have no problem getting permits or whatever the gov. wanted to use CO2 as it pertains to their job. Other than that if they really limited it that much a good bashing would get the job done just as easily, but I don't see CO2 being regulated anytime soon:)
 
Possibly, but I see it as part of a bigger picture. It's not only mice that are euthanize d this way. Rabbits are as well. With the bill to ban pythons, going on... If you can't get pythons banned what's the next best thing? Limit the food supply. Make it so expensive, that no one wants to own one. Florida is already requiring that python's be chipped...

But then maybe I'm just over thinking things, again.
 
If you can't get pythons banned what's the next best thing? Limit the food supply.
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I suspect that's a factor here in the UK. Commercial labs that used to be a source of food rodents have slowed their breeding programmes down to the point where my local reptile shop is driving a van to Holland in order to pick up a reliable supply of reptile food.

The labs are telling former customers that they've moved to GM research. They're apparently not permitted to breed animals for any kind of food chain, in the same facility as GM crops are being handled/processed.

I may be seeing conspiracies, but this happened after a major (and violent) campaign by ARs shut down a lab guinea pig breeding facility. The police brought prosecutions *after* the place had shut, despite years of harrassment of staff and their relatives, as well as other businesses that serviced the place. Basically, the ARs made it clear that they'd keep going until it shut down, and caused as much nuisance as possible. The policing bills went through the roof. It was therefore in the police's interest to have the facility closed.

Breeding animals as reptile food could well become commercially non-viable in the UK.
/paranoia
 
I laughed hysterically at this. I guess now the .gov is going to start charging ever citizen to purchase a permit to "release a hazardous substance" into the air, seeing as how every breath produces it. :nope:

Idiots... just imagine what our government could do if they stopped screwing around with useles and pointless laws and mandates and actually did something to really help people.
 
Wow, we have to stop this! You know how these things progress!
Next it'll be NITROGEN!
How far will they go? Write your legislators before they go too far! Protect our way of breathing!
 
Nitrogen causes the bends in divers, right? A deadly condition? It's about time the stuff was outlawed. The 80/20 rule may be helpful in general business operations, but should it be applied to our precious atmosphere? Say N-O to N-2!
 
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