Asian for sale on ebay?

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its amazing. here in socal finding an asian arro is pretty easy, just hang around a LFS long enough and get to know the owners and they will pretty much order you what ever you want....

or so i'm told...or something.
 
I have to agree with the "report him" comment. Illegal fish trade doesn't need to be supported by ebay. :screwy:

Don't get me wrong, I'm all for keeping cool rare fish - but do it with in the legal limits. If you listen to the reasons they are illegal in the US, they make sense. Sure there will always be opposition.
 
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Hes got a big ball sack for this one!!!! :ROFL: :screwy: :screwy:
 
Ha! The guy selling him ended the auction. The item was "lost or broken" I think they mean taken by the ASPCA...
 
So true!

Fry - you need more than proof of captive bred status to move a protected animal in and out of a country -even if it is a "legal" animal to have in captivity, most likely it's not legal to move around. There is alot of CITIES paper work to go with transporting an animal such as this one. I know because I used to get them dumped on me by the dozens when I was working in Dallas. The guys were always catching people trying to sneak them in, and because the aquarium I was at had the right permits, they always came to us. I bet we had close to 60 of them. Not because they were wild caught, but because someone thought they could get away with it.
 
Zoodiver said:
So true!

Fry - you need more than proof of captive bred status to move a protected animal in and out of a country -even if it is a "legal" animal to have in captivity, most likely it's not legal to move around. There is alot of CITIES paper work to go with transporting an animal such as this one. I know because I used to get them dumped on me by the dozens when I was working in Dallas. The guys were always catching people trying to sneak them in, and because the aquarium I was at had the right permits, they always came to us. I bet we had close to 60 of them. Not because they were wild caught, but because someone thought they could get away with it.
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You completely misunderstood what I was saying. I was reasoning that we should be allowed to keep captive bred specimens in the U.S. but the U.S. government are prudes to not even allow that.
 
Fry said:
You completely misunderstood what I was saying. I was reasoning that we should be allowed to keep captive bred specimens in the U.S. but the U.S. government are prudes to not even allow that.
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Sounds like you just need to get your CITES paperwork in order... and a really big tank, and the government will throw them at you.

There is nothing in the world that you can't do if you fill out the rite piece of paper.

I love beurocracy!!
 
Gooda said:
Sounds like you just need to get your CITES paperwork in order... and a really big tank, and the government will throw them at you.

There is nothing in the world that you can't do if you fill out the rite piece of paper.

I love beurocracy!!
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As stated here: http://www.arowana.com.sg/faq.html

the US does not allow trade in the Asian Arowana (not even when they are captive-bred at CITES-registered farms like ours) because of the Endangered Species Act
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If you can show us the specific CITES paperwork that can allow U.S. residents to get a hold of Asian Aros I would love to take a gander. And I don't mean getting them for zoos and public aquariums.
 
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