They are for sale everywhere in Canada it sucks that the USA and other places are not allowed go enjoy these fish my heart goes out to all and the fish that lost its life for no reason
Man arrested for allegedly smuggling Arowana in a bag around his neck into Adelaide
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I could be wrong and am delving into unfamiliar waters but isnt that CITES listing really out of date ? Most countries do allow them to be exported as long as they meet the cb breeding requirements.
Collectors feed bizarre smuggling escapades
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Here's the link to the story, it's from one of the more sensible newspapers so doesn't show the more bizzare aspects of the story but gives a good overview of the authorities attitudes to this sort of thing and the lengths people go through to try to sneak the fish in.
Thx for sharing that -- interesting that she only got sentenced to a nine-month community service order, apparently no jail time or fine. Also interesting that the fine has doubled since then (2007), so perhaps they're much harder nowadays and he could do time. Also maybe they took into account she was doing it for herself and not selling on to others. If this guy was doing it just to make money it could go worse for him (esp. not being an Aussie national like that fish up the skirt lady).
They are still very much gone in the wild, but yes most countries are reasonable since any tagged aro would come from a farm.
There was a article about a asian cook in chicago that was caught buying asian aro. I think they have sentence him yet but in the article they mentioned MFK that his been buying exotic fish such as ST dat and other fish. Idk if the seller was also a MFK member. Here the link.
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No worries, I remember the story because in one of the more sensational newspapers there was a big story about how crazy her house was and how many tanks she had. Possibly they saw this as some kind of mental illness and took that into account with the sentencing., think you are right that a non citizen will get punished more severely.
good old Rupert Murdoch publishes a few here, Google "NT News" if you want to see the funniest one, lots of stories about rogue crocodiles and ladies being "harassed" by ghosts.
