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I understand that there is extensive pressure being put on grammostola rosea in the wild due to over exploitation, and that hobbyists are being encouraged to breed more captive bred specimens. What i understand their is an undeniable risk of losing this wonderful species of tarantula forever, due to over exploitation ,lack of demand in the hobby and not many breeding attempts being made. I have recently been thinking about this issue and had an idea, an ambitious one,but worth a thought. The idea is this- Would it be possible to create a BTS group solely dedicated to the captive breeding of grammostola rosea. Where all rosea owners "if they are willing to do so" can be placed into one collective group, and organise a large scale breeding program. The group could be closely monitored, and be managed properly and professionally, and potentially run by organisers. With breeders keeping in regular contact, reporting and updating there progress, and distributing slings, the profits of which could be donated to the BTS conservation fund / theraphosidae research. These guys are extremely under funded and use there own money to take on theraphosidae research. I can not stress enough that this kind of project would help immensely with their work. As well as helping to conserve g.rosea in the hobby, the group will also play an integral part in the donations for these researchers ...There wont be any profit in it for breeders, but imagine the rewards of helping to secure the future of grammostola rosea !..."PRIDE".Something money can not buy. This in itself is the profit. Lets act now and help to secure, conserve and preserve this beautiful species of tarantulas future, and help reduce the demand on the capturing of wild specimens, plus give future generations of tarantula hobbyist a chance at keeping grammostola rosea, and not just reading about them in books.
I have exchanged PM"s with colin D Wilson, who has approved of the group, regarding this subject. colin kindly informed me of the chile government's effort's to reduce exports of inverts from there country.
Quote: Colin D Wilson: "Chilli has employed a technical barrier to trade in their agricultural and livestock service i'm sure they will further clamp down on the export of inverts in the future. A few spider wholesellers have said that the last import would be the last one for the foreseeable future.
I think the only collecting of species (and exportation) will be for the scientific study of the effects of the venom and in medical research (ie using the constituents of the venom to treat medical conditions) and i believe these specimens will be returned to thier natural habitat after they've been proccessed."
This is fantastic news,and a step in the right direction. But,with out being contradicting, i believe this could have a knock-on affect on the availability of g.rosea in the hobby, unless we take the matter into our own hands and start breeding this species.
conclusion: Anyone who owns mature grammostola rosea males or females, and is willing to partake in the breeding program, please post on the thread to let me know so we can get a collection of names together and see what we have to work with. Any ideas are welcome! I had an idea that we could create some kind of picture gallery of male studs, where owners of mature females can browse through, and pick an choose a mate. Or maybe we could look at who has this species in your area. I understand there are 5 colour forms of g.rosea apparent of which 3 are more common in the hobby, so please be clear as to which colour form you have!
Thank you all for taking your time to read this thread
Regards
Chris
I understand that there is extensive pressure being put on grammostola rosea in the wild due to over exploitation, and that hobbyists are being encouraged to breed more captive bred specimens. What i understand their is an undeniable risk of losing this wonderful species of tarantula forever, due to over exploitation ,lack of demand in the hobby and not many breeding attempts being made. I have recently been thinking about this issue and had an idea, an ambitious one,but worth a thought. The idea is this- Would it be possible to create a BTS group solely dedicated to the captive breeding of grammostola rosea. Where all rosea owners "if they are willing to do so" can be placed into one collective group, and organise a large scale breeding program. The group could be closely monitored, and be managed properly and professionally, and potentially run by organisers. With breeders keeping in regular contact, reporting and updating there progress, and distributing slings, the profits of which could be donated to the BTS conservation fund / theraphosidae research. These guys are extremely under funded and use there own money to take on theraphosidae research. I can not stress enough that this kind of project would help immensely with their work. As well as helping to conserve g.rosea in the hobby, the group will also play an integral part in the donations for these researchers ...There wont be any profit in it for breeders, but imagine the rewards of helping to secure the future of grammostola rosea !..."PRIDE".Something money can not buy. This in itself is the profit. Lets act now and help to secure, conserve and preserve this beautiful species of tarantulas future, and help reduce the demand on the capturing of wild specimens, plus give future generations of tarantula hobbyist a chance at keeping grammostola rosea, and not just reading about them in books.
I have exchanged PM"s with colin D Wilson, who has approved of the group, regarding this subject. colin kindly informed me of the chile government's effort's to reduce exports of inverts from there country.
Quote: Colin D Wilson: "Chilli has employed a technical barrier to trade in their agricultural and livestock service i'm sure they will further clamp down on the export of inverts in the future. A few spider wholesellers have said that the last import would be the last one for the foreseeable future.
I think the only collecting of species (and exportation) will be for the scientific study of the effects of the venom and in medical research (ie using the constituents of the venom to treat medical conditions) and i believe these specimens will be returned to thier natural habitat after they've been proccessed."
This is fantastic news,and a step in the right direction. But,with out being contradicting, i believe this could have a knock-on affect on the availability of g.rosea in the hobby, unless we take the matter into our own hands and start breeding this species.
conclusion: Anyone who owns mature grammostola rosea males or females, and is willing to partake in the breeding program, please post on the thread to let me know so we can get a collection of names together and see what we have to work with. Any ideas are welcome! I had an idea that we could create some kind of picture gallery of male studs, where owners of mature females can browse through, and pick an choose a mate. Or maybe we could look at who has this species in your area. I understand there are 5 colour forms of g.rosea apparent of which 3 are more common in the hobby, so please be clear as to which colour form you have!
Thank you all for taking your time to read this thread
Regards
Chris
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