T..Import..Export

[Casperroux]

Hi so i was wondering if there are vreeders that are familiar with the rules of import exporting of T's... I would really like to bring some T's here since our selection here is very limited and too keep local species is a nightmare

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[MassExodus]

I don't know anything about importing/exporting but out of curiosity where are you from and what are your local species?

 

[Casperroux]

Well from South Africa.. our Local species of course the most famous OBT here is a link of some of them http://www.baboonspideratlas.co.za/...and unfortunately we are not allowed to keep them as pets without a license (any local specie) so applied for mine but it such a drag

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[Casperroux]

http://www.baboonspideratlas.co.za

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[MassExodus]

I think it's great that more people from your country are keeping tarantulas. Another new member, Umbra, is asking questions about tarantulas and SA too. I know there's been a few more members from SA I just can't recall their names, I haven't been as active here recently. The fact that you have to have a license to keep your own local species baffles me..that's just..crazy. Don't governments realize that keepers can actually save a species from extinction ? We breed them, we don't eat them..

 

[plessey]

Unless the rules have changed recently, then I don't think you can legally import tarantulas into SA or export local species out.

 

[Casperroux]

Yea its very vague subject....but my question is if it is illegal to import them...How did they get here and why dont you require a license to keep non local species...im sure there should be some licensing that needs to be in place if you want to import them

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[plessey]

They got there via unmarked brown boxes through the postal system which is the same way that SA species got out (and how a lot of other species get introduced into the hobby). You don't need a licence to keep non native species simply because no one thought to create any laws since it is illegal to import them into SA in the first place.