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Old 12-12-2011, 02:54 AM
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Originally Posted by chandigz View Post
The permits are only required for international trade(import/export/re-export). I'm only saying that once these items enter the country we can only assume they were legally imported unless you have access to the permits for proof. If you were trying to re-export from Canada to another country or from the US to Canada, you would need copies of the original CITIES permit from the country of origin. The reason most cultured corals from the US (like some ORA)cannot be legally re-exported into Canada is because they do not have a copy of the original permit of origin.
But how could anyone know if a coral originated in the ocean or from a frag of a frag of a frag?