Either way, even if there is no law prohibiting importation of any gravid reptile species, its still a lacey act violation cause it is a well known fact among All importers that ACTUALLY import animals...not broker or jobbers, that ghana, togo, and benin....specifically PROHIBIT exportation of gravid ball pythons......I have had boxes come in that say "non-gravid females!!" all over ...... except in french.....and in fact there was even a french language document from a vet stating the animals were not gravid...and they werent.....i have had exporters tell me their shipments for export got confiscated because it had gravid females in it.....so to make this long story short.....its a violation of the lacey act to import gravid female ball pythons for sure........reason, becuase the lacey act is a law that enforces other countries laws....

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• Real time expermint with WC gravid femal - thebigsquease, Thu Feb 15 13:41:43 2007
• pics that didn't post.... - thebigsquease, Thu Feb 15 13:44:39 2007
• RE: Real time expermint with WC gravid femal - albinosunlimited, Thu Feb 15 14:25:55 2007
• importing gravid balls is illegal - BrianL, Thu Feb 15 14:35:31 2007
• Sorry, I find no evidance that is true.. - thebigsquease, Thu Feb 15 16:19:39 2007
• dont know your laws huh? - BrianL, Fri Feb 16 12:05:21 2007
• RE: importing gravid balls is illegal - rkreptiles, Thu Feb 15 17:07:10 2007
• RE: importing gravid balls is illegal - MiamiExotics, Fri Feb 16 10:06:59 2007
• also.... - MiamiExotics, Fri Feb 16 10:09:47 2007
• Importing gravids.. legal??100% NO - tns4life, Fri Feb 16 00:59:39 2007
• Sorry - tns4life, Fri Feb 16 01:02:23 2007
• Again, I ask, where is this documented? - thebigsquease, Fri Feb 16 04:49:09 2007
• Hey Big Squease!! - TNS4LIFE, Fri Feb 16 08:43:33 2007
• Where are the exporters? - rsherman79, Fri Feb 16 08:47:14 2007
• We'd ALL like to know that!!!! np - johnavilla, Fri Feb 16 09:28:19 2007
• You dont find exporters, they find you.. - TNS4LIFE, Fri Feb 16 09:30:19 2007
• RE: You dont find exporters, they find you.. - rkreptiles, Fri Feb 16 16:28:31 2007
• RE: Again, I ask, where is this documented? - MiamiExotics, Fri Feb 16 10:14:57 2007
• RE: Again, I ask, where is this documented? - MiamiExotics, Fri Feb 16 10:16:23 2007
• Been on the phone with USFW for hours... - thebigsquease, Fri Feb 16 15:11:24 2007
• lacey act to RON - BrianL, Fri Feb 16 15:31:35 2007
• This is a joke, right? - thebigsquease, Fri Feb 16 15:36:57 2007
• Ron you seem a little intense.... - TNS4LIFE, Fri Feb 16 15:57:02 2007
• RE: Ron you seem a little intense.... - thebigsquease, Fri Feb 16 16:06:35 2007
• RE: Ron you seem a little intense.... - MiamiExotics, Fri Feb 16 19:30:49 2007
• RE: This is a joke, right? - BrianL, Fri Feb 16 16:07:58 2007