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Originally Posted by Imperial_Aquatics
I don't recall how long ago it was that this happened, as I recall I think it was just over a year ago..... A fairly well known "serious" breeder of L series catfishes, the L-46 Zebra Plecostomus, had his place broken into while he was out. The perps stole all his L-46 specimens, many thousands of dollars worth, and threw other specimens of rare L-series catfishes on the floor to die that they didn't want to take. This was someone who participated on forums, and anyone could build a profile of the guy if they followed his posts long enough.
It is an unfortunate fact that "transparency" can also translate into "target", especially when anyone can read all about you on the forums.
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The well known python breeder Bob Clark also had a major theft from his facility. I agree that some things can not be trusted as public knowledge. I also think that the size of the collection or number of species means absolutely nothing if they are sitting in glass boxes and not being reproduced and spread out among the hobby. I know people with 40-50 frogs and have been in the hobby less than 6 months who still send me questions like "When will I get eggs" and "How can I tell if it's a male of female?". Unfortunately it seem pretty common for beginners to think that having rare or expensive frogs or having lots of different types is some how seen as a status symbol and I personally think we should discourage this kind of thinking.
