You guys have been busy posting while I was gone. I had a photo shoot with a gorgeous Hungarian model yesterday. Man do I have it rough or what? haha

Anyway, I did not address the laws. I suspect for the U.S. there are two main reasons you do not see some of the Asian herps there. The first is that some of these countries protect their native species and do not allow export. Korea is one of them. The only true Korean diones in the US (legal ones) are from the original stock that Lloyd Lemke exported from here many years ago. All of the other diones you see out there come from China or elsewhere or are illegal. The other reason is simply that some countries have not realized the market/demand yet but still hold potential provided someone steps up and starts to export. On the reverse side is the difficulty importers from the US have locating responsible suppliers. Not only is there a lack of quality cb stock but I personnally know many people who have been burned by corrupt exporters. Africa is probably the best known country for export/import rip offs but they exist everywhere. I imported from Africa one time for a zoo here and although i got the shipment in it was shi* and if you can believe this, the reptiles where shipped in 8 x 10 manila envelopes! Unbelievable.

CITES has also caused many problems and although i understand the reasoning behind it, there are serious flaws with it. The last cb original CITES that i got from the US took 6 months to issue. In that time period I recieved at least 3 shipments of wc retics! I just do not understand why it takes less time to get wc permits than it does cb. It should be the other way around.

Well, let me go read all the new entries and if i have time i want to throw some anomala pics on.

Thanks, Don

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