18/07/2023
An essential point is being made here by Chaz !
We ask all of our customers and anyone who follows us with any interest in reptile keeping. If you see surveys of any kind from our industry / hobby - please, please, please respond ! It is essential we have the data to fight our cause ! We are all in this together and we need to make our voices heard ! We are ground zero. We are the keepers, the people with the experience and experiences to counter all of the antis negativity towards us. Sadly it’s all too easy to paint a negative picture of what we do. The majority of society will never understand the passion, commitment, responsibility and care we have for our animals and therefore unfortunately it’s all to easy to manipulate stories / data to paint us in a negative light. Don’t be afraid to stand up for us ! Each and everyone of you have a voice. Let’s make it count !
A plea... (Please share)
Periodically the hobby and industry will call on you to help a cause or defend the lobby. Invariably this will be done with surveys of the hobby.
What you keep, how long you've kept it, how many you have and so on and on.
Shop owners, you are of equal vital importance to this process with your rich vein of experience not mined nearly enough over the years.
The government and its mechanisms have become less inclined to be swayed by passionate testimony (although there will always be a place for this) and become much enamored with cold hard data.
When you see links for surveys, yes, they ARE a pain in the arse. Yes, you could be watching Corrie or Emmerdale but the value of your data knows no bounds. For five minutes of your time you are helping the hobby and industry fight against tyrannical antagonists to what we love.
It's all well and good saying we think this many are kept, we think people keep in this way, we think we know what is going on. But only you can tell us. Only you can make the difference.
For all the work REPTA, FBH, RRK and now AHH are doing to defend you, it is only you that can put arrows in the quiver, so we may fire them where they will hit.
Next time you see a survey. Please, please take the time to fill it in, moreover share it, tag others in it and spread the message.
The antis are gaining pace and gaining ground. The fight is intensifying, do not sleep on this. It seems month on month there is another challenge to deal with.
Help your hobby, help your passion.
Peace x
