when we tried to get a permit to bring ours from overseas,
they said they could not give us one as there was no health standard for bringing in any type of tortoise in.
And every permit issued for importing needs a health standard.
Just for applying for a health standard could take up to four years, (which we didn't have as we were moving soon)
but if there is no health standard for bringing in tortoises into NZ, how come the zoo was aloud to?
or is there only a health standard for zoos transferring?
Oh, and we also tried ringing different plane companys, because if they aloud us to bring the torts on their planes we would have been aloud I think. But sadly none of them would let us