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Old December 23rd, 2009  
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Man Gets Caught Smuggling Arowanas

Saw this article in the newspaper today and thought I'd share it with everyone. http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/...h_smuggle.html
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Old December 23rd, 2009  
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lol!... atleast he has taste :P
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Old December 23rd, 2009  
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poor fishes 16 of them died in federal custody, please train the Policemen to look after the fishes, before puting them in federal custody. haha
and you are right he got the taste.
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Old December 23rd, 2009  
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The things we do for fish just amaze me somtimes

Great article though
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Old December 23rd, 2009  
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This makes me laugh at the fact that more than one of my LFS' openly sell arowana.
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Old December 23rd, 2009  
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Not all Arowanas are illegal. The silver arowanas I believe are the Australian ones. The Asian Arowana is on the endangered species list and I think that is why that specific one is illegal. The guy was not smuggling the fish for himself most likely. He can sell them for $5,000 - 8,000 each.
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Old December 23rd, 2009  
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they survived in a ssuitcase but not r goverment haha
silver's from the amazon r fairly aivable at about 80 bucks a piece
red and gold and the other asia ones r more expensive and r tagged and certifacate
and very expensive
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