Next animal on CITES list...?

[Gr8KarmaSF]

It seems like only yesterday I could of bought a fly river turtle.

Had I known they were going to become so difficult to get I would have taken it when I had the chance!

Here are my two questions for everybody...

1. Is there any way of knowing what animals are going to be put on the CITES list?

2. What do you think is next monster fish or monster pet to be put on the CITES list?

 

[davo]

great thread. i'd love to know how i can find out when bans are likely to be lifted before they are, and when bans might come into place

 

[michael]

I heard the pirahna may be banned in NJ but that is a pretty broad statement....

 

[rook45]

I heard the pirahna may be banned in NJ but that is a pretty broad statement....

yeah i doubt it every lfs has them

 

[Oddball]

Just keep checking cites.org. They not only post species that are covered under the convention but, they also list upcoming seminars with lists of proposal additions, deletions, and reassignments.

 

[Ross3]

interesting list.

 

[Pangong_ilong]

They banned the frt. I was planning to get one.

 

[Oddball]

FRTs are not completely banned. Austrailia and Papua New Guinea banned FRT trade. Indonesia allows trade of captive-hatched FRTs from sanctioned hatcheries.

 

[Timmy]

FRT with proper papers are alot of $$$$$$$$$$$$

 

[fishnthings]

i forgot where, but i read an article about bala sharks comming up to be on the cites list... it will be a while but it had very good reasons... they are so common in the pet trade that they are being fished out of their natural habitat so fast they barley have time to reproduce and wild #;s are decreasing greatley.. soon they will be endangered

that blew me away