frank thrall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spaketh thusly:
>Barbara. Look at it this way. None of us would knowingly purchase
>illegally imported plants.
A bit of an odd statement.
When someone buys a box of paphs from Asia and has them sent
to their doorstep in the United States- only to be intercepted by
ICE- and ends up getting one heck of a stiff fine out of the deal, I
would opine they knew precisely what they're doing. When every single
species in that box is of the sort one cannot purchase legally in the
United States- not just because they're Appendix I but because they
are not available on the market- I would say it's a certainty.
And does it happen? Oh, yes it does- and the physician who
bought them was fined $10,000.
-AJHicks
Chandler, AZ
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