Ant adoptions, come on, really?? This is not adoption, these are sales plain and simple so lets be honest call them sales not adoptions.
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Human adoption agencies charge money, too. Does anyone argue they are selling children?
I think people use the term "Ant Adoption" because "adoption" is commonly used to describe many different animals sold as pets. No one is circumventing any law or restriction by advertising ants for "adoption." So what precisely is your concern?
Edited by drtrmiller, January 18 2020 - 7:11 AM.
With this logic, I guess you'd have to call dog and cat adoptions "sales" as well. "Ant adoption" only sounds weird because it's not commonly used.
Edited by TheMicroPlanet, January 18 2020 - 7:16 AM.
Adoption can be used properly for colonies that are not wanted and are being given away. Selling ants that you werent planning on keeping is just selling.
I always wondered what the reasoning was behind this term. It certainly fits better for colonies reared from a single queen, not colonies unethically removed from the wild.
The term adoption in this usage became prevalent as a way around website restrictions on selling animals, however call it adoption and charge a small "adoption" fee and you were good to go. These fees were usually about what the retail cost of the product ie: animal would be. Admittedly as was mentioned no law is being broken, but these adoptions are pretty much simply an income (admittedly small) generating move so why not call it what it is, sales.
Calling it an "Adoption", if not a valid term, is purely a marketing tactic, and people fall for marketing tactics all the time. What's the difference?
Ant adoptions, come on, really?? This is not adoption, these are sales plain and simple so lets be honest call them sales not adoptions.
Interesting speculation. Although in my opinion what you call it isn't that important, as long as the ants aren't mistreated. Perhaps people chose to call it that because it has more of a ring (again in my opinion) than (*member*'s ant colony merchandise for sale).
"God made..... all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds (including ants). And God saw that it was good. Genesis 1:25 NIV version
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Ant adoptions, come on, really?? This is not adoption, these are sales plain and simple so lets be honest call them sales not adoptions.
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Some people call a pillow a pellow why does it matter if you don’t like adopting ants then you can buy them.maybe the guy that started this thread should run for some political position and change the world one phrase at a time
Rather hostile...
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