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Yeah the point is that the tegus do not belong to that kid and are not his to sell...
That's like saying that if someone had puppies in their car when they were arrested for whatever reason and someone just took the dogs and gave them to their kid who then sold them... Something about that situation just doesn't seem right.
The guy also may have had family or someone he knew who would've taken care of the animals until he was out... Just seems weird to me that something like that would happen. I'm one for the "innocent until proven guilty" right. And this guy hadn't been proven guilty which means he may not go to jail for 10 years.. and I'm sure has no idea that his tegus are being sold out from under him. To me that's wrong. They could've gone to a humane society, been quarantined and had vet checks, and been cared for until after the man was proven guilty. If the man then had no family or anyone to take his animals AND was proven guilty/was going to jail for 10-15 years, then they could go up for adoption and if someone wanted to resell their tegu after getting it lawfully, go for it.

<blockquote data-quote="tegus4life" data-source="post: 124767" data-attributes="member: 3781">Yeah the point is that the tegus do not belong to that kid and are not his to sell...That's like saying that if someone had puppies in their car when they were arrested for whatever reason and someone just took the dogs and gave them to their kid who then sold them... Something about that situation just doesn't seem right.The guy also may have had family or someone he knew who would've taken care of the animals until he was out... Just seems weird to me that something like that would happen. I'm one for the &quot;innocent until proven guilty&quot; right. And this guy hadn't been proven guilty which means he may not go to jail for 10 years.. and I'm sure has no idea that his tegus are being sold out from under him. To me that's wrong. They could've gone to a humane society, been quarantined and had vet checks, and been cared for until after the man was proven guilty. If the man then had no family or anyone to take his animals AND was proven guilty/was going to jail for 10-15 years, then they could go up for adoption and if someone wanted to resell their tegu after getting it lawfully, go for it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tegus4life, post: 124767, member: 3781"] Yeah the point is that the tegus do not belong to that kid and are not his to sell... That's like saying that if someone had puppies in their car when they were arrested for whatever reason and someone just took the dogs and gave them to their kid who then sold them... Something about that situation just doesn't seem right. The guy also may have had family or someone he knew who would've taken care of the animals until he was out... Just seems weird to me that something like that would happen. I'm one for the "innocent until proven guilty" right. And this guy hadn't been proven guilty which means he may not go to jail for 10 years.. and I'm sure has no idea that his tegus are being sold out from under him. To me that's wrong. They could've gone to a humane society, been quarantined and had vet checks, and been cared for until after the man was proven guilty. If the man then had no family or anyone to take his animals AND was proven guilty/was going to jail for 10-15 years, then they could go up for adoption and if someone wanted to resell their tegu after getting it lawfully, go for it. [/QUOTE]

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