Why can't you Fed Ex / UPS Red them to your home address? This is assuming you obtained them legally.
because it is illegal to ship them off of the islands, they must travel with the permit holder ,/ the hdnr's reasoning on this,(is both logical & flawed) , hdnr's stand is that allowing them to be shipped off of the islands, encourages trade (for profit) in the species , which which also encourages people to raise them, breed them, and release them on the other islands (where they now have a foothold anyway) in an effort to increase their numbers, and that may be in part true, but the hdnr views them as a pest and wants to discourage trade, however my personal view is this , if the hdnr truly views them as a pest and truly wants to get rid of them , encouraging trade is exactly what they need to do, hdnr's efforts to erradicate them have obviously failed, as they are now well established on most of the islands , however history has proven time and time again, that the best way to erradicate any species from any given area is to make it profitable to do so. i firmly believe that making it legal and profitable to trade in them without limits, would erradicate them from the islands in a matter of years, regardless of peoples attempts to perpetuate the wild populations. to further add to the irony and bureaucracy, veileds have now gained a foot hold in the islands and the hdnr is insisting on the exact same failed path that they have taken with jacksons, if they were to charge a fee for harvesting like a fishing or hunting license, they could partially offset their budgetary concerns and erradicate them at the same time, but their stance is that errodes the current laws in regards to discouraging the establishment of non-native species. there are other issues as well, like worries about people trespassing on agricultural lands, and errosion from too much traffic on already under pressure, sensitive public lands. / for sure its a complicated issue , but i have to believe, like most government things, they are making it more complicated than it needs to be. one final note the hdnr does not give advice on shipping carriers, because they do not want to be held responsible by those that ship, or accused of playing favorites by the airlines that refuse to transport the animals, the conundrum is that they refuse to acknowledge is, that without a consenting airline, or means of conveniently locating one , the permit is useless / futher even though hdnrs own studies, have so far proved them to be fairly harmless to the native species and habitat / although i have never been there, i personaly feel (and i am sure many both residents and non residents would agree) that the islands would be a lessor place without them, so far, they have proven to take nothing ,and add only beauty, however i am sure like all things, there are always some, who dont agree. go figure
