Consequences of rearing of exotic ant species.
From http://formicidae.darkbb.com/forum-rules-f14/position-of-the-forum-on-the-rearing-of-exotic-ant-species-t55.htm ..."The risks related to the introduction of exotic species and the trade of ants...
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rannyfash wrote:"I'm a little confused as to why giving exotic colonies to hobbyists keeps the world from burning."Why do people always resort to 'strawman' logic, the term "do they want to watch the...
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At the moment there are rogue ant hobbyists; they would have an incentive to keep to strict safety procedures to be allowed into this theoretical ant trading community, experts would provide the...
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Lucian wrote:Anergates wrote:Batspiderfish hit it on the head, really. Ant trade between hobbyists is incredibly risky from an ecological standpoint while not providing any new empirical data for...
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adame wrote:I'm from France, Europe. There are no laws against ant trade, or exotic ants rearing here.But the rules on my forum are : no ants or nests trade for money, no exotic ants rearing.Our...
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'Hobbyist who obtain their ants through trade are useless.'@adame why would the hobbyists who obtain their ants through trade be useless? If hobbyists buy local ants which they can't find themselves I...
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Useless? How would you obtain Paraponera clavata?
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batspiderfish wrote:Hobbyists who obtain their ants through trade...create additional opportunities for the spread of disease, parasites, and invasive species.do not provide collection data.do not...
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If hobbyists buy local ants which they can't find themselves I don't see a problem.An ant is only local where it has been captured, in a country/state/town or backyard. An ant bought on an online...
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It's not just frowned upon. You broke the law.
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"I found a website in the UK that has sold and shipped a queen ant (with workers and brood) to my address here in NY. I didn't know it was frowned upon until after the purchase. Made the purchase last...
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First off I'd pay any amount of money for something I love. My biggest complaint with the trade of ants is that I really feel you should do your own work. Plus there are so many awesome ants wherever...
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nepenthes wrote: So explain to me why you want to import species from other countries when here in the USA we have such an amazing diversity of ants?Maybe most of us don't have the pleasure of living...
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Strictly hypothetically speaking and coming from someone with very little knowledge or experience in this matter, I would ask: What is the worse case scenario? Maybe the gallant ethical efforts to...
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Having any ant species is exotic enough, they are so immaculate and amazing to have survived so far and evolve to what they are today, And yet still people need 'Exotic ants'.
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AussieAntFarmer wrote:Having any ant species is exotic enough, they are so immaculate and amazing to have survived so far and evolve to what they are today, And yet still people need 'Exotic ants'.It...
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Got bored around page 4 so I decided to jump to the end and add my opinion. America can have their laws and WE in the EU will have ours. We in the EU haven't had any large problems with ants crossing...
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Drone lord Alex wrote:Got bored around page 4 so I decided to jump to the end and add my opinion. America can have their laws and WE in the EU will have ours. We in the EU haven't had any large...
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