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when did mexico ban reptile exportation? np
59herps
Jul 03, 2003 03:55 AM
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oldherper
Jul 03, 2003 06:17 AM
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59herps
Jul 04, 2003 12:55 AM
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Oldherper
Jul 04, 2003 02:17 AM
I don't remember the year, but I know it was a long time ago. Maybe in the mid '80's? I remember that they were trying to get on board protecting their wildlife and signing up with CITES, but didn't have the money to hire biologists, etc., to do population surveys as required to determine how many animals of a particular species could be exported without harming populations, so they just closed the borders to wildlife export.
wildtropics
Jul 04, 2003 10:40 PM
Ernie Liner would know for sure. He was in Mexico doing taxonmy and field identification when the ban went into effect. He was unaware of it and his Morelet Crocs were confiscated when he brought them back. The crocs wound up at the Atlanta Zoo.
