Cities Permit to the UK

03 February 2007, 03:37

Hi fellas, looking for some help.
Finaly....... got news through that my Bear rug is ready for export from the US to the UK have been told by the Taxidermist that he has had to pay $100 for Cities permit and $100 for import/export permit, didn`t have to pay these from Canada for my last Bear, but i carn`t find anything about this anywhere,is he trying to over charge me?. Just got another E-mail from him saying there is a time limmit on the permit and that i need to pay him ASAP otherwise it will cost more! many thanks in advance
B

03 February 2007, 04:05

Wildlife Artist

I do not know what a export permit for a bear is but import permits for CITES are $100 and the other that he is charging for is a USFISH&WILDLIFE Import and Export license that permits people to Import and export. The import export license is a yearly license and it is $100 the first year and can be renewed after that for $50. So like I said I'm not sure about a CITES permit to export a bear but this is just a guess as it may be correct. Now He may be charging you the other 100 to pay for his Import Export license which he don't have to have it just for your bear he can use this same license for other peoples import and export trophys.
The time limit thing smells wrong unless he has already had the permit for awhile. A CITES permit is good for a year if not more.

Best wishes and hope things work out ok for you.
Steve