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I am not sure the bigger sizes are needed, most of what I find in the decent pet stores are about 2 inches. Rosies are the only ones I regularly find in large sizes and the occassional avic. I think avics are pretty strong in the wild, in the areas I have been to most of the native population avoids the jungle and probably have never caught a wild T. It is the lumber and gold miners and corporations that cause the habitat problems and even where it is illegal to do so politicians seem to get their pockets lined and to look the other way.
Introducing a species to a habitat where they are not native causes other problems, black widows, rabbits, feral pigs and goats, norway rats, mice, the brown tree snake, bark beetles, fire ants, salt cedar, and tumble weeds are just a few examples of how wrong things can be made. NMSU has a program trying to find a natural predator for salt cedar and has major restrictions on how the insects they are studying for this purpose are kept to prevent their introduction into the environment and causing more problems than they help.
As far as re-introducing native species back into their natural habitat, the most endangered ones may need wild collecting to get large breeding groups together, a kind of catch 22 especially if the breeding programs prove unsuccessful. The problem probably requires to many levels to be successful without very strong government support and African conservation programs can show you how hard even that is to be successful. Funding is another major drawback as well, a sad fact but true.
I think it is a good idea but..... We are a lot better at destroying than rebuilding.
Rev
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