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Its bad enough that they even have the camels and pony's and all the other non reptile stuff, but to have all in the same building in the back of the room w/ the the reptiles seems to be pure greed.>>>>...
It's called capitalism. Greed would be if the promoter had adveritzed the ponys, camel rides, 100 vendors, despite knowing there wouldn't be 10vendors, camel rides and pony's.
Alex's shows are advertized as a reptile & exotic animal show, with camel rides pony rides and a petting zoo. He and Tony started them in Raleigh with that format, and there is no reason to change it. If Alex didnt' book the pony rides and petting zoo, he would lose money. Promoting reptile shows is how Alex makes his money, not his hobby. Calling Alex's business practices GREEDY is purely antagonistic and uncalled for. He puts on the show he advertizes, and there would be a HELL of a lot more people complaining if the "fluff" were dropped, I assure you.
The shows are not ONLY about the vendors being happy. The people must be happy too. You have to have the right balance of happy vendors, AND people, for the show to be successful. Raleigh's been going on, with the same format, for just about 10 years straight. Aside from a self-destructive desire to make LESS money, why would Alex "drop" the petting zoo?
Things like the birds getting loose and crapping (not to mention scaring the hell out of my lizards) are obvious problems, and should be addressed.
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