Has Tanzania reopened for export?

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Bradycham

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I see mentions left and right that it is still closed, yet others say it has reopened. Any ideas? Any actual articles that are around that talk about it?
 
Havent seen any ads on KS or Fauna, so Id say its still closed.....If it was open for aslong as the rumors have been saying open, you'd think imports would be coming in by now....
 
Fearaffect said:
Havent seen any ads on KS or Fauna, so Id say its still closed.....If it was open for aslong as the rumors have been saying open, you'd think imports would be coming in by now....
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I was thinking the same thing. I have been waiting for some of the more unique chams to pop up (kinyongia) and haven't seen any yet. Thanks for the advice.
 
I heard many rumors that it was open, but I have not seen any pygs yet....


I'm pretty sure its still closed, but I'd believe its opening "soon"
 
I dunno
. I had emailed voodoo earlier this week and they said they where getting a shipment of pygmies next week??
 
Chris Anderson said:
The ban is still in effect but there may be a couple shipments of animals that have been in holding facilities since August over the next month or two: http://in2eastafrica.net/tanzania-ban-on-export-of-wild-animals-takes-effect/

And it doesn't look like Tanzania is in any hurry "to devise new procedures and conditions governing export trade in live animals export trade": http://in2eastafrica.net/tanzania-enquiry-into-alleged-illegal-wildlife-export-stuck-in-its-tracks/

Chris
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I can only imagine the condition those animals will be in......:eek:
 
In all honesty, I am VERY strongly against the wild animal trade and in specific the pygmy chameleon trade as these animals are brutally abused and the losses on them are on the far higher end of the spectrum as results of shipping/etc.


I would LOVE to establish a CB population stateside....but I can only do so much with 2.2....been looking for months for more... :(

then again i'm only talkin r.brevs....
 
Here's a some what update article. I think it is important to have some wild caught animals or farm raised animals to be available in the hobby (to sustain captive breed populations). As it is a great way to introduce the youth of the world to Biology. Plus it makes people more concerned about conservation issues (areas where their chameleons are from) world wide such as Tanzania for this example than they would be if those chameleons were not available. Us bio geeks have got to have something as a hobby in our spare time.

http://in2eastafrica.net/tanzania-ban-on-export-of-wild-animals-takes-effect/
 
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EvilLost said:
In all honesty, I am VERY strongly against the wild animal trade and in specific the pygmy chameleon trade as these animals are brutally abused and the losses on them are on the far higher end of the spectrum as results of shipping/etc.


I would LOVE to establish a CB population stateside....but I can only do so much with 2.2....been looking for months for more... :(

then again i'm only talkin r.brevs....
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The aquarium and chameleon hobby kept me away from drugs and believe it or not gangs in high school and gave me (a bio geek) something productive to be doing with my time. I agree though too many wild caught is not the way to go however to maintain the hobby some WC or farm raised animals should be made available. Many of the rarer species that come from Tanzania are farm raised (Kinyongia and T. deremensis) and I think that is probably the best way to export and sustain captive colonies abroad.
 
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Yeah it is a tough situation. I am totally against the imports but I know some day I'm gonna see a WC K. multituberculata that I really want...
 
Allowing exports of Chameleons actually promotes eco tourism and business for deprived third world countries (Tanzania). Which is constructive. I concur though imports of wild caught and farm raised chameleons should not be exported in great numbers in general though.
 
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Motherlode Chameleon said:
Allowing exports of Chameleons actually promotes eco tourism and business for deprived third world countries (Tanzania). Which is constructive. I concur though imports of wild caught and farm raised chameleons should not be exported in great numbers in general though.
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Agree with this completely. Conservative exportation has benefits on both sides. It's the conservative part that seems to elude so many countries lacking the resources for proper regulation though...
 
it would be awesome if they could allow a set number of farm raised animals out per year. but then again, that would make sense, and therefore never happen.
 
Beachbabies said:
it would be awesome if they could allow a set number of farm raised animals out per year. but then again, that would make sense, and therefore never happen.
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Madagascar has quotas and I'm not to antiquated with the data except one African nation to the best of my knowledge has chameleon quotas. I want to say Tanzania had some farmed quotas. Correct me if I'm wrong. The main point this ban was brought about not by improper exports of chameleons it was illegal export of other wildlife.
 
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