After several refusals from the administration and several court decisions in his favour, Benjamin “Benny” Varney will finally be able to bring his parrot to the fenua from Canada. A decree to this effect was adopted Wednesday in the Council of Ministers, and published this Friday in the Official Journal.
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It’s been nearly three years since the host of Radio1, a YouTuber who specializes in parrots in his spare time, is seeking authorization to import his chloropterous macaw, Jackson. An animal that he raised “from the egg” in Canada, where “Benny” resided for some time before returning to fenua in 2019. Without his bird: the Polynesian administration has always banned, for the sake of protecting the local ecosystem, import of exotic species. But this principle can legally be the subject of derogations: the owner, inseparable from his bird, has therefore multiplied the expertise, the tests, obtained certificates… While Jackson is still waiting in quarantine at home in Canada, the refusals of the country s are connected and the debates are exported before the administrative court. Three times the judges will ask the administration to review its decision. On March 15, justice, again seized by “Benny”, raised the tone: the government must authorize the importation, under penalty, and on the only condition that the macaw is tested negative for various diseases potentially dangerous for wildlife. fenua.
Many, among Internet users who follow the judiciary-animal soap opera, cry victory. But again, time passes. The administration not producing certain technical documents necessary for the flight of Jackson, a new summary and a new request for penalty are deposited and studied by the judges. Pressure that pays or normal progress of the file, the good news fell on Wednesday. A decree, adopted by the Council of Ministers of May 27, 2022 “setting the conditions for the introduction and import of red-and-white macaws” definitively authorizes Jackson’s entry into Polynesia. Deliverance, therefore, for the parrot, and relief for the owner, who is awaiting the results of the final tests to prepare for the trip. Jackson, his 13-year-old companion, should land in the fenua around August and will have time to get used to the country: chloroptera can live for nearly a century.
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