| Prisana I could not have stated it better; I whole heartly agree with your stance. At first glance I was going to vote absolutely NO. Then with MAYBE came the qualifier of "if the environment was threatened" and I voted for MAYBE. And then here we go - who decides when an area is threatened, who will collect these orchids, and how will they be handled after saving them?? If there were a world wide ban on selling and purchasing such orchids it MAY help to save endangered species.
As Prisana so eloquently stated above, I would much rather see a plant or animal in the wild than stroke my own ego at their cost. Unfortunately, like most crime, it only takes 1% of the population to be criminals to ruin it for the rest of us who are honest.
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