Varanophile Posted May 20, 2008 Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 Illegal to sell or breed in greater Auckland area now apparently. Guess that means if people can not sell them they will release. I really think they should have pounced on these a long time ago, too hard to shut down now. Any live bearing lizard that can handle temperate conditions and eats snails should have been dealt with more decisively and sooner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varanophile Posted May 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2008 BTW- still cool to own Felis catus anywhere you want.....but they are furry. "A skilled predator, the cat is known to hunt over 1,000 species for food" Anyone else curious as to if as NZers we are serious about protecting our biodiversity we allow the sale of cats? Ever wondered why you can import tropical fish, dogs and cats but not reptiles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott16 Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 what happens to the ones you already own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Nothing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Computerbabe Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Yes I do ... if you think about it you can get dogs ...cats .. imported and they hunt the NZ wild live and no one say any thing but has sone has you say reptiles you get shot down ...thinking that you are getting snakes and things and all you what are a few small nice looking reptile that are locked up and well looked after... This is not on................... :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 where did you get this info from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varanophile Posted May 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 where did you get this info from? MAF went up to see the Ti Point Reptile Park and told him he needs to apply for a special permit to display. Now illegal to buy, sell or display blueys in greater auckland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 How ridiculous :roll: How long have Blueys been here and MAF now start to throw their weight around about them?? Gee if they were that concerned you would think they would have done something about them ages ago... Hmm I would hate to think the amount of damage cats have done to our native wildlife... natural born killers vs scavengers, I know which I would prefer... :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimsum Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 not that it affects me...yet, but any word on the movement of blue tongues? Like can an Aucklander go to anyother part of the country, pick on up and bring it back home? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 how do u stop a lizard that bears live young having them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varanophile Posted May 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 how do u stop a lizard that bears live young having them? Keep it separate from the others or keep only males or females. Hard as they are notoriously difficult to sex. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varanophile Posted May 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 not that it affects me...yet, but any word on the movement of blue tongues? Like can an Aucklander go to anyother part of the country, pick on up and bring it back home? good question.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Just goes to show what a joke the laws are. Cats are killers and once my 2 pass away I will not be getting any more. Last year there where a number of Brown teal released into a wetland in CHCH, nearly all were taken by the local cats. I want to import parrots but you can't only allowed to import pigeons and fouls?? Makes lots of since if you what to keep SARs etc out. There a reason that they are called fouls and don't they call pigeons rats with wings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 Its only the start, I have also heard the water dragons are going to be placed on the banned list to... Yes i totally agree with the whole cat argument but look at this way... Reptiles banned = ten of thousands of people are angry cats banned = 90% of the population will be in a uproar Most people think that the repltiles we keep can lead to the death of natural reptiles, eduacting the public also needs to be done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insect Direct Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 eduacting the public also needs to be done agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 won't be anything to protect on the mainland after the un regulated cats, mustelids and dogs have their way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 dont they normall ask for experts opinions in these matters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broms2 Posted May 21, 2008 Report Share Posted May 21, 2008 aren't "they" the experts :lol: don't need any advice when you know everything already! YEAH RIGHT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varanophile Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 dont they normall ask for experts opinions in these matters? aunty helen knows best culture is rife in the gov. depts. expert opinion overseas supports regulation of exotic pet industries. licensing system, yearly fee's and make it illegal to sell animals that can not be proven to be bred in NZ. Make a list of what is here and go from there. The system in Oz is not perfect but it is so much better than here. why would they ban w/d's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livingart Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 couple of pdf's off the web listed below that might explain the auckland ban if you have a look there are more reptile species on there as well you aucklanders guys need to be contacting the local councils and talking to someone http://www.arta.govt.nz/shadomx/apps/fm ... teName=arc http://www.rodney.govt.nz/services/Pest ... t-Plan.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 something to do with them being able to survive i guess??? also why are other animals like turtles and newts banned??? its stupid!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varanophile Posted May 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 talk about no idea. what do they mean by 'wild'. iguana? why are they a pest animal. I am going to make a submission. I'll use small words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 Nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaNs Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 talk about no idea. what do they mean by 'wild'. iguana? why are they a pest animal. I am going to make a submission. I'll use small words. Where do we do this? Im sure we can get a few hundred submissions in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broms2 Posted May 22, 2008 Report Share Posted May 22, 2008 I didn't realise we have so many "wild exotics" running around in Auckland, does anyone know where you go to see the "wild types" of these species? Or is it that keepers are letting them out at night to wreck havoc on the native fauna, maybe thats what is happening, in that case I can see their point. Maybe a few of us in Auckland and Rodney districts need to get together to discuss and put foward a group proposal, it's easy to loose a few single proposals, any thoughts guys and girls? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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