Stingray Export Ban cancellation

[Brent]

these threads are scareing people including myself into not wanting a wild caught
my male leo shibbyed out a hook aftr not eating for almost 2 weeks when i first got him it was stressfull times

 

[Marius]

Didn't you think the date and the story was kind of relevant to post with the pics instead of getting everybody wound up!

Indeed. I am sorry Lucky, but that was surely supposed to be in your initial post with the DOA Leos. Sorry man, but maybe your exporter was not as good, or who knows. I for one, thought you just got them now and seriously left any considerations of getting wild caughts for the near future.

 

[hammerhead2]

risks of years ago are still risks today right? At maybe a higher cost.

 

[ewurm]

They are not rare in their natural habitat, fact is they are considered a nuisance.

I wouldn't say they are thriving either. They have enough challenges facing them that they are at least being looked at for Red red listing.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/search

 

[armac]

I wouldn't say they are thriving either. They have enough challenges facing them that they are at least being looked at for Red red listing.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/search

If you have seen some of the shows on the natives, they kill every ray they catch, they consider them a bigger health hazard than the piranhas.

I visit Mexico quite a bit and if the government regulations in Brazil are anything like they are in Mexico, nobody enforces any wildlife laws, the only enforcement comes when an animal is moved out of the the country.

Of course I could be wrong...............

 

[vamptrev]

I wouldn't say they are thriving either. They have enough challenges facing them that they are at least being looked at for Red red listing.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/search

was dated in 2000.... said Data Deficient....

 

[Big Daves Rays]

I wouldn't say they are thriving either. They have enough challenges facing them that they are at least being looked at for Red red listing.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/search

From what i've heard they are thriving. The dams have actually created some beneficial habitats for them with the sand deposits.

 

[amazongirl]

I wouldn't say they are thriving either. They have enough challenges facing them that they are at least being looked at for Red red listing.

http://www.iucnredlist.org/search

The Potamotrygons that are in the redlist are either Least Concern or Data Deficient. The house sparrow is listed as Least Concern- just because it has an entry in the redlist doesn't mean it's in trouble. Data Deficient means just that- they don't have enough information on it to assign it to any category.

 

[ewurm]

The Potamotrygons that are in the redlist are either Least Concern or Data Deficient. The house sparrow is listed as Least Concern- just because it has an entry in the redlist doesn't mean it's in trouble. Data Deficient means just that- they don't have enough information on it to assign it to any category.

From what i've heard they are thriving. The dams have actually created some beneficial habitats for them with the sand deposits.

They were all data deficient except for the Henlei. The possible problems I have been reading about stem from pollution, illegal trade, collection from aquaria, the lack of accurate exportation numbers and also the limited geographical range of some species. From what I read on the Red list, there just isn't enough data or accurate information to say whether or not 4 of the species warrant a higher listing. The good news is it sounds like the Henlei ray actually benefitted from the damming of the Tocantins river. I found that surprising.

 

[ewurm]

This PDF details that CITES has at least considered the possibility of a listing and trade restrictions, although it sounds like they were impressed enough with the information provided that the potential listing has been put on hold pending a workshop on the River Stingrays. It's dated April of this year.


http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geu9Os....08/**http://www.eponet.org/pdf/CITES_AC23.pdf