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bmendyk
at Tue Jan 20 20:56:49 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by bmendyk ]
Hey Frank,
thanks for clearing that up; I just didn't understand how that worked exactly. As for the tree monitors, aren't some indo species allowed to be imported even though they are appendix II? I heard that the blue trees and yellow spotted trees(boehmi), being only described recently, were probably imported in as another species, such as doreanus, or becarri; where if I/others did in fact have the CITES paperwork that the importer recieved/has, it would probably say doreanus,indicus,etc.... This is what I heard as to how they were brought in, I'm not sure if it's true or not. I was never given any paperwork when I purchased my animals. Aren't these species(becarri,indicus, doreanus) commonly imported with CITES paperwork, although they have quotas in their native land? I thought that there was a much stricter policy from both our government and theirs, referring to the import/export australian flora and fauna. Are you saying that there is no difference in status between legally exporting animals from indo as opposed to australia?
As for the glebo's that I heard about, I believe that they were smuggled in by Global Herp, or one of their "affiliates". On their website, they advertised that they have bred them in captivity(which I seriously doubt) and wanted 5k a baby. I heard through my asian turtle conservationist buddies, that Global Herp(hank molt) is a notorious animal smuggler, and has been in trouble several times in the past. I think he got in trouble this past daytona show by fish and wildlife for some shady business if I'm not mistaken... ONce again, I'm not 100% sure of these alligations, but I heard about the glebo's from a couple of people.
Anyways, leave it to our own government to "lose" their files regarding aussie goannas/herps... So, do they have an unofficial record of what they believe to already be in the US, or would they be oblivious to new species "magically" arriving here?
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RE: one more funny thing - bmendyk, Tue Jan 20 20:56:49 2004