Why All The Hate Toward Reptiles By Mack?

Originally Posted by SERPENTS DEN

IMO he has a crew of employees that are SUPPOSE to be cleaning and caring for his animals, so fault should also be placed on deadbeat employees for not doing their job.

Absolutely. If the employees are not doing their job, the way it *should* be done, then they are to be blamed as well.
However, if the owner sees what is going on, and does very little to rectify the situation, the owner carries a much higher weight of the blame.

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Wow, there is no excuse for any of that. Blame his employees? That is called passing the buck. Which in this case falls flat with all the damning video footage. The owner absolutely knew about the condition of the animals and the common practices of his employees. They should be shut down and the owners charged with felony animal cruelty. Absolutely unexcusable. There should be manditory minimal jail time for cruelty on this level. All for money.

the lizards that got loose being 'caught' via glue traps is so sad. So many things in that video are sad. thanks for sharing the link and bringing this to light.

After watching that video,they should be in jail and banned from advertising in this site.

Originally Posted by dieselfan

Wow, there is no excuse for any of that. Blame his employees? That is called passing the buck. Which in this case falls flat with all the damning video footage. The owner absolutely knew about the condition of the animals and the common practices of his employees. They should be shut down and the owners charged with felony animal cruelty. Absolutely unexcusable. There should be manditory minimal jail time for cruelty on this level. All for money.

Sorry but I have little tolerance for lazy, uncaring, employees.
*If* that is how the employees are then, yes, they are a part of the problem.
That said, everything still falls on the owner's shoulders. The owner is the one who needs to take steps in rectifying any problems in his/her business.

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I missed the part of the video that shows the employees being lazy. The hypothetical "blame the lazy employees" story is an attempt to steer blame away from the owner and management. That theory doesnt fly without proof. What a shame.

Originally Posted by dieselfan

I missed the part of the video that shows the employees being lazy. The hypothetical "blame the lazy employees" story is an attempt to steer blame away from the owner and management. That theory doesnt fly without proof. What a shame.

In the video, there is at least one employee that exhibits little care.
However, correct, laziness is hypothetical. Hence, the reason for my "*If*".
Also, I know that I am not steering the blame away from the owner. If you read a little more (or comprehended what I wrote), you would see that I place all/primary blame on the owner.

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Hey ReptilesByMack care to explain yourself?

Try being a gun dealer and blaming "lazy employees" if your 4473's and bound books are a mess. ATF will not care, your name is on the business and the license, you are on the hook.

Try dealing in goods or services regulated by ITAR, export them, and blame "lazy employees" for not catching that there was no government approval. DHS will not care, your name is on the business and the license, you are on the hook.

Blaming "lazy employees" because animals under your care, custody, and control live in disgusting conditions is a cop-out. Your name is on the business, you are on the hook.

The PETA-philes have targeted animal wholesalers in the past, both in and out of the reptile industries. In my opinion reptile wholesalers are going to become a bigger target over the next few years as one of PETA's goals is a complete ban on exotic pet ownership, period.

That was bad, and I can't stand PETA, but the conditions of those animals was horrible. I have bought 1 animal from a wholesaler and regretted it, so I have never done so since. Mack, as others have stated, what do you have to say?