If we do not support the suppliers and glider millers, then there will be less wild gliders used for breeding. Then those that we get as pets would be 100% captive bred and also no wild side.
There are so many animals here in this forum that should be left in the wild... snakes, tarantulas, scorpions, tortoises, terrapins... so why only point the finger to gliders? Also, gliders are not native animals so if we release them into our forest, is it wise and correct? Most likely the glider would starve, die from cold and also get eaten by our local civet cats.
Domestication takes a very very long time.... dogs and cats evolved that way. Gliders can adapt well and they do very well in captivity. We can't really put them on the list as a domesticated animal coz they are after all exotics.....
In US, there are so many people keeping gliders now, growing and growing. Many do see their potential to be very good pets. I would point fingers to people who keep kangaroos, koalas, tigers and primates as pets coz those really do not make good pets.
QUOTE(ggMing @ Mar 16 2008, 11:49 AM)
You can leave one. My gliders like to sit and sometimes hop around.... but that's about it.