Does anyone know what happens to the specimens after they are killed? It would be a shame if they were completely wasted and tossed into a dumster. I do hope that they get put into a museum or teaching collection somewhere so that some good can come from such tragedies.
greg At 03:32 PM 4/3/02 +0200, you wrote: > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, April 02, 2002 6:37 PM >Subject: Re: [Gecko] Phelsuma confiscation rumor > >Hi Don and all, > >Thank you for the information on this sad topic. I still have to say that >I think the company >in question is to be held responsible for killing these animales ( if >that�s what have happened). >The reason for thinking so, is that there is up to them to be updated on >regulations regarding >what you can, and can not import.That goes especially for Madagascar. >There have been a ban >on export from Madagascar for a long time, and a reputable dealer would >know that. Still they >took the chanse to import the animales.Taken the species in concern, they >knew exactly what >they were doing. >I am not ahwere of exactly how it works in US, but in Europe you have to >show the authority the >export-Cites from Mad. to get the import-Cites to, for instance Sweden.I >guess there is a similar >routine in US. I can get dealers on Mad. to give me paperwork on the same >animales, but they >would never be approved by European authoritys for import.Especially if >wildcaught.So why try ? > >The whole story is very sad, will give opponents to our hobby moore fire >against us......... > >All the best >Magnus ----- Gregory J. Watkins-Colwell Division of Vertebrate Zoology Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History 170 Whitney Avenue, P. O. Box 208118 New Haven, CT 06520-8118 Phone: 203/432-3791 FAX: 203/432-9816 http://www.peabody.yale.edu ########################################################################### THE GLOBAL GECKO ASSOCIATION LISTSERV WebSite: www.gekkota.com Archive: [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ The GGA takes no responsibility for the contents of these postings. ###########################################################################
