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FYI to anyone shipping animals out of or through RSA
08 March 2011, 20:06
Greg BrownleeFYI to anyone shipping animals out of or through RSA
I just received an email from Leandre in Debbie Peake's office saying that animals coming from or in transit through South Africa need to receive a "letter of no objection" from the country where the animals are being shipped to due to an outbreak of Foot and Mouth disease.
So - Basically if you have any skins coming from Bots or Zim that are being shipped through RSA, you must first get a letter of no objection from your home country before they can be shipped.
It would be my assumption that the USFWS will not likely sign one of these consent forms until the outbreak is contained given their mandatory policies on getting swine dipped upon entry. I know my trophies from Botswana are not able to be shipped yet because of the elephant skin in the shipment.
Anyone else have any specifics? This is all I have at the moment.
If someone knows how to post a PDF file on here, I can send them the form I received.
08 March 2011, 20:12
Tom In TennesseeUmmmm....sounds like my animals from Zambia that are currently being done by my taxidermy/hunting friend in RSA may get caught up in this!?
08 March 2011, 20:21
Greg BrownleeTom, not sure if the animals already tanned will be affected, it may just be the dry salted skins that are affected.
08 March 2011, 20:22
Tom In TennesseeWhew!!! Thanks, Greg
08 March 2011, 20:42
L. David KeithI suspect Greg in spot on with regards to tanned or mounted trophies. Those shipped "green salted" (flint) will cause the problems.
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08 March 2011, 20:46
Jorge400quote:
Originally posted by Greg Brownlee:
Tom, not sure if the animals already tanned will be affected, it may just be the dry salted skins that are affected.
Great.
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08 March 2011, 22:53
butchlocthese people must stay awake on weekends and holidays to dream up hoops to jump through
08 March 2011, 23:29
Idaho Sharpshooterbutchloc,
that is how a bureaucracy works! Get a job and an office. Then find more things your office needs to be involved in to justify more funding and office space, and staffing. That's where you get the second secretary with red hair and big boobs. At least that's how hillary did it.
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09 March 2011, 07:02
Tom In TennesseeThe name of "those people" is USFWS!
No Cheetah, no black faced Impala, no polar bear, no Ele from ZAM in years past, no PAC Ele, no MOZ Ele, etc....the USFWS is ensuring the extinction of a variety of species by being PC!!
09 March 2011, 07:53
Use Enough Gun(Continuing on):No black rhino, no brown hyena. . . . .
09 March 2011, 08:14
Tom In TennesseeI had a Brown dead own in my scope at around 200yds in TAN with driver, Game Scout, and tracker saying "Shoot ! Shoot!" Greeff and Camp Mgr who was along yelled "NO! NO! You are from America!"
09 March 2011, 20:16
Greg BrownleeUPDATE - I just spoke with a shipping agent in RSA. He said the trophies ARE moving right now, they have had no problems with trophies being turned away as of yet (to any countries), but the USFWS is aware of the problem and are deliberating on what they are going to do, if anything at all.
It basically boils down to if the host country accepts the dipping and packing process used as a means of eliminating the disease. If done correctly, it does eliminate foot and mouth so everyone should be fine, at least for the time being.
09 March 2011, 20:21
<generalwar>quote:
Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
(Continuing on):No black rhino, no brown hyena. . . . .
