interest in asian aros

[rottbo]

to quell any people thinking this is in possible its not but like i said thsi would be set up to further their existance in the wild not in your tank and if those programs work than we could begin stocking your tank so read before you talk negative i have read all the C.I.T.E.S. laws and there is fine print that you probally arent aware of

 

[beblondie]

The problem is not CITES its the United States endangered species act that make importation and possesion illegal-Anne

 

[rottbo]

it is possible i swear but i dont thnk anybody understands the whole scale of what would have to be done this would be a huge process and it would be legal because we would be doing R/D on raising wild population counts this would be like the zoos breeding programs but on a smaller privately funded scale and it would allbe regulated by the gov.

 

[T1KARMANN]

im sure the US govement would allow a breeding program to be set up if its sole purpose was to release a endangers speices back into the wild which then i due cause would increse the wild population bringing asian aros of the list then you will be able to import fish from the same farms that are doing nothing to help the wild population

 

[rottbo]

thanks for someone finally seeing eye to eye with me thats what i have been trying to explain and US laws will allow this, its just that the paper work and process of being approved will probally take years but i will go through it if others want to help

 

[softturtle]

the Shedd Aquarium can't get asains, how do we?

 

[rottbo]

read the whole thread i am not going to explain the process just that its along one and this is not for one person toget an asian this is to help the species

 

[Kenta]

Ever thought of getting backed by a large institution like a university? Perhaps you could approach a university and see if they are interested, somehow connecting it to academic research, possibly even getting funded.

I bet the government would take it more seriously if some big educational institution was supporting it as well, as opposed to a bunch of private citizens.

 

[Pangong_ilong]

Good idea. There's nothing impossible if we put our minds into it.

 

[rottbo]

the more people interested the more likely we will try to do something and yes i would work with an educational institute i have a plan just know that it would be impossible by myself!!!