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To everyone,
I am seeing an increase of advertisements placed by people out of the US quoting prices for shipping spiders and other livestock to the US. Some of these people may be wildlife agents looking to entrap buyers ignorant of US wildlife laws, but most seem to be genuine foreign dealers who don't understand, or more likely just don't care, that it is UNLAWFUL to receive ANY WILDLIFE from outside the US without having a USFW import/export license, filling out Form 3-177 and paying the $55 fee, and having the package arrive via air freight to one of the handful of US cities that have DESIGNATED PORT OF ENTRY and having it cleared by US Customs and US Fish & Wildlife. You CANNOT order directly from someone in, for example, Malaysia who is willing to ship to the US. He or she is not putting his or herself in jeopardy, this "exporter" is putting you in the position of breaking federal law and casting a black cloud on our hobby. They are not breaking the law... YOU ARE.
In the end, what you do is your own business and I am sure some of you won't heed my warning. I just want to educate those who do care about following the law. BUY LEGAL, BUY CAPTIVE-BRED!
Cheers, Michael
I am seeing an increase of advertisements placed by people out of the US quoting prices for shipping spiders and other livestock to the US. Some of these people may be wildlife agents looking to entrap buyers ignorant of US wildlife laws, but most seem to be genuine foreign dealers who don't understand, or more likely just don't care, that it is UNLAWFUL to receive ANY WILDLIFE from outside the US without having a USFW import/export license, filling out Form 3-177 and paying the $55 fee, and having the package arrive via air freight to one of the handful of US cities that have DESIGNATED PORT OF ENTRY and having it cleared by US Customs and US Fish & Wildlife. You CANNOT order directly from someone in, for example, Malaysia who is willing to ship to the US. He or she is not putting his or herself in jeopardy, this "exporter" is putting you in the position of breaking federal law and casting a black cloud on our hobby. They are not breaking the law... YOU ARE.
In the end, what you do is your own business and I am sure some of you won't heed my warning. I just want to educate those who do care about following the law. BUY LEGAL, BUY CAPTIVE-BRED!
Cheers, Michael
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