im in canada and i was wondering if you could point me in the right direction of a red foot tortoise breeder that will ship to canada?
bobbymoore said:im in canada and i was wondering if you could point me in the right direction of a red foot tortoise breeder that will ship to canada?
Tortoise said:With respect Kristina despite your information is not correct. It is NOT illegal
But getting it to happen is another story.I have given ISA the info too so she could talk to this vet.
If you want a chat with Canadas top CFIA vet please pm me and you will get told the same thing.I told him that the majority of people are misinformed and they are trying to rectify that more recently.
Everyone keeps quoting this outdated info and it needs to be deleted.
jbeisen said:Im canadian (living in the UK) and i am looking at buying a lil guy. And i did my research just incase i had to move back to canada. The only way to import a tortoise to canada is get the proper paper work and you have to had lived and bought it wile living abroad (must be a canadian citizen). It is then considered a pet and you can file paperwork to bring them back with you.
Tortoise said:With respect Kristina despite your information is not correct. It is NOT illegal
But getting it to happen is another story.I have given ISA the info too so she could talk to this vet.
If you want a chat with Canadas top CFIA vet please pm me and you will get told the same thing.I told him that the majority of people are misinformed and they are trying to rectify that more recently.
Everyone keeps quoting this outdated info and it needs to be deleted.
Isa said:Tortoise said:With respect Kristina despite your information is not correct. It is NOT illegal
But getting it to happen is another story.I have given ISA the info too so she could talk to this vet.
If you want a chat with Canadas top CFIA vet please pm me and you will get told the same thing.I told him that the majority of people are misinformed and they are trying to rectify that more recently.
Everyone keeps quoting this outdated info and it needs to be deleted.
I just saw this thread and really had to reply. Louise, if you want to believe it is legal, think what you want to think, I just hope a tortoise will not get stuck at the border because of that. On the Canadian food Inspection Agency, it is written that it is illegal AND if there are any updates, the website is updated every day that is why you see on the top of the page ''This information is current as of: Today's date'' I spoke with them myself and they agreed on what was on the site. You can import a tortoise for a personal use but only if it was in ''the owner's personal possession in the country of origin and accompany the owner to Canada''. I dont really care if you found a vet that told you that the info on the website was incorrect and will not start debating with you on that subject...
jbeisen said:Im canadian (living in the UK) and i am looking at buying a lil guy. And i did my research just incase i had to move back to canada. The only way to import a tortoise to canada is get the proper paper work and you have to had lived and bought it wile living abroad (must be a canadian citizen). It is then considered a pet and you can file paperwork to bring them back with you.
I am glad you did your research .
emysemys said:This is a pretty old thread. We don't ever delete them, we just eventually close them. If you know of info that refutes what we've said here, and that it IS legal, then it might be a good idea to post it here, along with a link to the source, so that we have the current information on the thread before it gets closed.
Isa said:Tortoise said:With respect Kristina despite your information is not correct. It is NOT illegal
But getting it to happen is another story.I have given ISA the info too so she could talk to this vet.
If you want a chat with Canadas top CFIA vet please pm me and you will get told the same thing.I told him that the majority of people are misinformed and they are trying to rectify that more recently.
Everyone keeps quoting this outdated info and it needs to be deleted.
I just saw this thread and really had to reply. Louise, if you want to believe it is legal, think what you want to think, I just hope a tortoise will not get stuck at the border because of that. On the Canadian food Inspection Agency, it is written that it is illegal AND if there are any updates, the website is updated every day that is why you see on the top of the page ''This information is current as of: Today's date'' I spoke with them myself and they agreed on what was on the site. You can import a tortoise for a personal use but only if it was in ''the owner's personal possession in the country of origin and accompany the owner to Canada''. I dont really care if you found a vet that told you that the info on the website was incorrect and will not start debating with you on that subject...
jbeisen said:Im canadian (living in the UK) and i am looking at buying a lil guy. And i did my research just incase i had to move back to canada. The only way to import a tortoise to canada is get the proper paper work and you have to had lived and bought it wile living abroad (must be a canadian citizen). It is then considered a pet and you can file paperwork to bring them back with you.
I am glad you did your research .