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gila7150
at Tue Oct 21 15:21:27 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by gila7150 ]
I live in FL and based on what I've seen you have two chances of Fish and Wildlife allowing you to keep indigos...slim and none.
A friend of mine has been trying to get a permit to keep a single couperi for years to do educational talks (some of which he even does for F&W) and he has gotten nowhere. He was told by the F&W officer that does his venomous inspections that they really don't issue permits anymore even for educational purposes. I'm not trying to discourage you...if you've heard differently, go for it. I just wouldn't get your hopes up. I would get those requirements in writing if I were you because I can almost guarantee that they will change when you actually attempt to get that permit.
As Fred mentioned, there are many other great drys you can keep in FL and the slim chance of observing couperi in the wild makes field herping in FL exciting.
Good luck,
Chris
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