I am assuming this was a United States incident? In an unrelated taxa incident, a shipment of South American frogs was recently apprehended at the border and confiscated, including Dendrobates histrionicus (poison arrow frog which has been disappearing from known locations) and thankfully all were diverted to the National Aquarium in Baltimore. Hopefully the Feds will do something similar. Any idea at which entrance point? Maybe if the geckos still are alive, some type of agreement with FWS and zoo can be reached.
Could this be some type of outreach GGA could do? that is, work with FWS so that any confiscated geckos are put into the hands of experienced people and all is not lost? As a growing and respected organization, we could have contacts at the major entrance points' (i.e. JFK airport, Miami etc.) FWS office and the animals could be put into responsible hands? I know, I know, wishful thinking, but thought I would bring up this point. There was something similar done with a confiscated shipment of turtles in the Hong Kong (?) they were intercepted and are being diverted to a recognized facility in Florida. The people in Florida may have some insight in how to become 'recognized' by the FWS to be considered if such an unfortunate event were to occur again. Do any of the GGAers in non-US locations know of such arrangements in their home countries? Yuri H John Heiser wrote: > > I heard that a major madagascar shipment was confiscated but hadn't heard the > outcome. The shipment supposedly had serraticauda, flavs, and barbours (sp?). > It would be a real show of mankind's stupidity if they were euthanized. Send > them to zoos if you must (to me if you can't find a zoo). > > John > > Julie Bergman wrote: > > > I got a phone call today from a gexer friend that there is a rumor that > > some Phelsuma were confiscated and euthanized, anyone know anything > > about this? I sure hope it is not true! > > > > Julie Bergman > > http://www.geckoranch.com > > GGA lifetime member > > > > ########################################################################### > > THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV > > WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ > > The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. > > ###########################################################################
