The problem with getting many of these species, is shipping cost, with a fast enough time to keep them alive until they get to the destination.
I sent a 1 oz letter from Panama to the Wi in the states, guarantied within 48 hours, and the cost was around $50, so you can imagine what a box with enough water (8 oz's)for even 1 shrimp would cost, maybe $200 or more, and that doesn't include the proper paperwork and red tape, maybe another $200-$400 or even more.
And lately some countries (like Panama) are realizing the value of their wild, and endangered resources, so are are restricting exports even more, and at customs, stopping anything from being taken out of the country
You would be better off finding local breeders of any of these such animals.
There is a tour operator in Uruguay (Aqva Terra)that goes on collecting trip, and part of the initial cost are permits. Travelers take fish home in luggage. MFK member Ken Davis sets up the trip, if I remember correctly. Can't remember exact cost (maybe just a few hundred above $1000 for in country trip cost with permit) , but not including airfare. from the U.S. to Uruguay
The poison dart frogs are very jealously protected here in Panama as a national resource, as are most reptiles and amphibians, but I remember someone in Chicago breeding similar poison dart frogs, I believe "if" he still does, he belongs to the Greater Chicao Cichlid Assn (gcca.net) and may be contacted thru their web site.
I sent a 1 oz letter from Panama to the Wi in the states, guarantied within 48 hours, and the cost was around $50, so you can imagine what a box with enough water (8 oz's)for even 1 shrimp would cost, maybe $200 or more, and that doesn't include the proper paperwork and red tape, maybe another $200-$400 or even more.
And lately some countries (like Panama) are realizing the value of their wild, and endangered resources, so are are restricting exports even more, and at customs, stopping anything from being taken out of the country
You would be better off finding local breeders of any of these such animals.
There is a tour operator in Uruguay (Aqva Terra)that goes on collecting trip, and part of the initial cost are permits. Travelers take fish home in luggage. MFK member Ken Davis sets up the trip, if I remember correctly. Can't remember exact cost (maybe just a few hundred above $1000 for in country trip cost with permit) , but not including airfare. from the U.S. to Uruguay
The poison dart frogs are very jealously protected here in Panama as a national resource, as are most reptiles and amphibians, but I remember someone in Chicago breeding similar poison dart frogs, I believe "if" he still does, he belongs to the Greater Chicao Cichlid Assn (gcca.net) and may be contacted thru their web site.
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