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Bryan S- obviously you are naive. Please read info at APHIS.gov regarding this matter or contact your local field agent you can explain it to you. I have spoken with them just 2 months ago about this very topic.
Gasteriaphile- obvisously has wreckless paranoia and buys into too much propoganda. You need to not read so many variations of conspiracy theories and bother to get on the phone and talk to you government agents. Go visit them. Anyone can get on thier schedule at some point, but so few bother. Most of them are middleclass people trying to make America function when its full of the uninformed as you seem to be.
On topic: According to the APHIS and the Customs department, I am right on target. Nothing alive can come to or from Hawaii legally without the proper permits, and the list of exceptions is pretty short. This goes for any reptile on the islands. Also, contact the Madagascan Embassy in Washington D.C. and you will find reptiles going from Hawaii to Madagascar is also not permitted, fyi.
Bottom line: Don't comment extensively on why you believe the government does something "wrong" or "bad" unless you have all the surrounding facts and can offer what you would or can do to make that situation better, or have done it correctly....and don't generalize when you speak about the authorities (terms like "the scientists" etc.) just to promote the illusion that you know what you speak about. Specify persons/departments in situations for us to all understand what you are saying.
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