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RE: Lizards Fall Prey To "Magical" Plant Root Scam
@herpetologyguy dessicated lizard genitals don't sound very appetising to me...
Definitely seems pretty cruel to hunt something that is already endangered with the aim of selling its "Root". I am surprised that big retailers like Ebay and Amazon are allowing this to take place on their sites, sounds like this needs a little media attention to shame them into doing something about stopping it.
As far as the retailers (and customers in general), I'm betting a lot of them fall under the umbrella of unawareness; a little education is likely more than enough to put a stop to it as far as online retail. I'll wager that Amazon allows these products because they believe it to be an actual plant product and nothing more.
The bigger challenge will be putting an end to the poaching, since demand is not likely to go away anytime soon.
Agreed, but cutting off international supply, or at least making it harder might help lower demand a little.