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Matt Harris
at Thu Jul 31 16:36:00 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Matt Harris ]
It really has no effect on Costa Rican fauna. CR never required a CITES permit, just a certificate or Origin (still, anything coming from Costa Rica has to be captive-born and from an authorized exporter)(FYI, I was told a Canadian was nailed a couple months ago trying to smuggle bushmasters out...not a bright idea). It(for my sake) makes it less of a hassle to clear shipments so USFW isn't playing 20 questions when the inspectors aren't sure what they are dealing with. Costa Rica's format for Certificate of Origins are a statement on the export permit saying they were cb at such and such place in CR. It's just one less thing to deal with.
If anything it may make it easier to get animals out of Honduras(not that I will bother). As for B. asper specifically, they are so common, why they were listed to begin with had nothing to do with their populations, it was to control exports from Honduras.
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RE: Bothrops asper removed from CITES III? - Matt Harris, Thu Jul 31 16:36:00 2003