froot wrote: ...Notice how they mentioned iguanas and then lizards. To me that's a green light to get permits for these animals ...
Hantam wrote:Spoke to Deon Hignett this morning on the matter and he said they had placed the add to inform the people buying wild animals on Gumtree that they need permits.
MacAdder wrote:To say that a Green Iguana needs a relevant permit but then refusing to you have one because its internal policy is double talk
Hantam wrote:Spoke to Deon Hignett this morning on the matter and he said they had placed the add to inform the people buying wild animals on Gumtree that they need permits.
Hantam wrote:The purpose of this advert is not designed to confuse or entrap individuals or even to generate income.
Hantam wrote:This advert was placed in response to the numerous complaints that CapeNature receives from legal wild animal keepers and traders alike. These complaints drew our attention to fact that wild animal species of all kinds (birds, mammals, reptiles etc.) are being advertised on sites like Gumtree (and others) without drawing the potential buyer's attention to the fact that in the Western Cape Province a permit is required in almost all cases (with certain bird species being the notable exception) to buy, sell, transport or keep these wild animals in captivity.
Hantam wrote:We've also noted a marked increase in people being found in possession of wild animals without a permit that they bought online and in most (if not all) cases these buyers were never informed by the seller that a permit was required. Whether this was done intentionally by unscrupulous sellers or in ignorance we'll never know but we thought it prudent and proactive, in response to these complaints and the many adverts placed on Gumtree, to draw the attention of potential buyers (and sellers) to the fact that in the WCP a permit is required to buy, transport and keep a wild animal in captivity.
Hantam wrote:Perhaps in hindsight we shouldn't have listed the animals as we did in the advert (i.e. Reptiles, Iguanas, Lizards, protected birds, tortoises and spiders) as this seems to have created most of the confusion and clearly people read far too much into this and came to conclusions of their own based on this arbitrary listing.
Hantam wrote:The intention was to draw the readers attention to the fact that a permit is required for wild animals, some of which were listed.
Nobody came to conclusions of their own...nobody was confused. The ad CLEARLY stated that a permit was needed...where's the confusion in that? In fact, the ad CLEARLY stated that a permit was needed for animals such as iguanas and spiders. Now if that's not misleading, then the Pope's clearly not Catholic.
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