Taxacom: specimen parcel stopped by US customs

[Luis Ruedas]

For all wildlife, you need a filled out US Fish and Wildlife form 3-177,
and copies of collecting and export permits from the country of origin.
Depending on the contents, you may need additional permits (e.g., CDC
permits for potential biohazards, permits for IUCN Appendix I materials
from country of origin and destination, USDA permits for various wildlife
covered by them).

It's all great fun.


On Fri, Jun 14, 2024 at 9:56?AM John Grehan via Taxacom <
taxacom at lists.ku.edu> wrote:

> I would be interested to receive any comment regarding a recent situation
> where a parcel of some insect specimens from Paraguay that was stopped by
> customs and returned. I was only able to find out about this through the
> efforts of a local congressman's office (and even then it took two attempts
> to get an answer). The office was informed that the parcel lacked a permit
> and certificate. I have no idea of what they might be (and of course in its
> usual helpful way the government bureaucracy declined to elaborate). I
> would be interested to hear from any US researcher who might know what was
> being referred to here in this instance.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Grehan
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Portland State University
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