Soft shells are only "mixable" with FRT untill you have not seen an FRT.
Besides, FRT carapace and plastron is not soft.
Besides, FRT carapace and plastron is not soft.
Fly river turtle
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Well they were not frt as I figured from all the tips you guys gave... They r just soft shell turtles.
2 of the 3 countries that FRTs occur in have total bans on their trade. Indonesia still provides a limited number of export permits for captive-hatched FRTs. Each year, Indonesia approves the collection of over 2 million FRT eggs from wild nests for the food industry. Many collectors realize that there's a market for hatchlings as food and pets so, some of these eggs are incubated in captive settings and the hatchlings make it to the international market. These hatchlings are allowed into the US provided they arrive with the proper export licenses and permissions.
Oddball;3496736; said:
Indonesia:
Carettochelys insculpta is given national protection status under Government
Regulation Act No. 7 and 8 of 1999, which is in application of Law No.5/1990
concerning the Conservation of Biological Natural Resources and their Ecosystems
incorporating Decrees 327/1978 of the Ministry of Agriculture (Noerdjito and Maryanto
2001). No utilization in any form is allowed for species listed in this protection status,
except with special permission from the Minister and under the consent of the Scientific
Authority for special circumstances, such as research and captive breeding, and no capture or export quotas are set (Samedi and Iskandar 2000).
incorporating Decrees 327/1978 of the Ministry of Agriculture (Noerdjito and Maryanto
2001). No utilization in any form is allowed for species listed in this protection status,
except with special permission from the Minister and under the consent of the Scientific
Authority for special circumstances, such as research and captive breeding, and no capture or export quotas are set (Samedi and Iskandar 2000).
This link has everything all the information you'll ever want in regards to the legalities of FRTs -
http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/13/prop/E13-P22.pdf
Oddball;3497162; said:
So how can a CITIES II animal get into the US with no Export Quota? It doesn't, or else we'd still see Orlitia, Callagurs, the rarer Cuora, etc coming from Indo. All are CITIES II, with no Export Quotas...........
3.2 Legal international trade
Neither Australia nor Papua New Guinea allow export or domestic trade of the species. Export from Indonesia is only permitted in the case of captive-bred animals, which is interpreted as including animals hatched in captivity from wild-collected eggs incubated under semi-controlled, captive conditions (Samedi and Iskandar 2000). No export quota was set for the species by the CITES Management Authority in 1998 (Samedi and Iskandar 2000).
No quotas have been set by CITES. And since CITES is a treaty and not international law, the country of origin (Indonesia) allows the export of live captive-hatched specimens in accordance with the country's laws.
Neither Australia nor Papua New Guinea allow export or domestic trade of the species. Export from Indonesia is only permitted in the case of captive-bred animals, which is interpreted as including animals hatched in captivity from wild-collected eggs incubated under semi-controlled, captive conditions (Samedi and Iskandar 2000). No export quota was set for the species by the CITES Management Authority in 1998 (Samedi and Iskandar 2000).
No quotas have been set by CITES. And since CITES is a treaty and not international law, the country of origin (Indonesia) allows the export of live captive-hatched specimens in accordance with the country's laws.
