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Registry, stud book, or both?

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I am curious as to who would be willing to participate in a Drymarchon spp. stud book project. I know several folks who are wary of such, though I believe much of this is due to a lack of understanding how such a project works. I attended an AZA class on stud book development / maintenance several years ago and have been giving consideration to attending another, but would like to have some feedback as to how many folks would be willing to participate in such. Keep in mind, a stud book attempts to maintain a record of the genealogy of captive specimens. I know the majority of people currently working with the genus are unable to trace their animal’s ancestry any further back than two - three generations, while most species, other than D. couperi and D. m erebennus, are WC or F1 – F2. I believe we need to get the ball rolling on such aproject as to preserve the genus for those wishing to work with them in the future.
Now, for those not wishing to participate in a stud book, I propose a “registry” system. This will not necessarily be used to tack lineage of specimens being listed, but rather maintain a record of who is working with what and how many. Such would provide a good knowledge base of what species are available and in what numbers and could be useful for those wishing to keep specimens as pets and / or educational tools.
If you would be willing to participate in one or the other, or even both! I ask that you give me the heads up…

Thanks in advance,

Jeff
 
I think that both would be valuable. i do not understand hesitation to participate in either. What would be nice is to get the breeders involved. Make it a stipulation of the sale that the buyer's animal is automatically registered with their name and state. Their information would already be on file for the IC permit with "the Man".

Any I get will be easy as they will all have to be chipped anyway. Not much grey area there on identity.
 
Sorry, B.W.

I just caught your PM. You may wish to e-mail me directly in the future, as I have a tendency to check my e-mail more often than PM's hosted on the website...

Thanks again,

Jeff
 
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