
12-08-2008
I'm sure wherever you have worked, that has been the case. In my experience, it is not best practice to sell or buy animals where alternatives exist. This has some, if minimal, effect on what is held for certain taxa....if a psittacine, or a rodent species are available from other EAZA collections on loan/exchange/ESB transfer, it is unlikely a collection will seek out a different species from a private breeder for a given exhibit.
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