Buying DWA at houten or hamm

[dannylatics]

When you buy anything DWA from houten or hamm do you need to produce your dwa license?? or is it just a case of ID to prove your over 18 and away you go?

Also at the ferry ports do you need to produce DWA??

P.s. I do not intend to buy hots illegally, just want to know the situation so Im fully prepared when I do get my Dwa

[SiUK]

dont need your license over there, but would help to have it at the ferry port.

[slippery42]

Originally Posted by dannylatics

When you buy anything DWA from houten or hamm do you need to produce your dwa license?? or is it just a case of ID to prove your over 18 and away you go?

Also at the ferry ports do you need to produce DWA??

P.s. I do not intend to buy hots illegally, just want to know the situation so Im fully prepared when I do get my Dwa

Glad to hear that you do not want to illegally own a DWA species!!

However to answer your Questions.

• Hamm no longer do venomous
• You do not need a DWAL to buy a "hot" species in Europe
• You do not need to produce a copy of your DWAL at any stage when bringing them back though you may be asked to show it!
• Actually you do not need the DWAL until its in you home!
• its a big step so needs to be seriously considered befor going down the "hot" route.
• Its very expensive!!!!

[snakelover]

hamm dont sell DWA anymore? I saw gilla monsters in september though.

[Athravan]

No, DWA does not exist in the EU and you do not have to prove which country you live in so they can know what the laws of licensing are... that's considered your responsibility. Hamm also doesn't sell DWA anymore at all. You don't have to declare your DWA license on entry into the country as far as I'm aware, and it is legal to have DWA for transportation for a brief period of time but customs can always be as stubborn as they like and make life difficult if you can't explain where the snake is going to end up. You would only need to produce your DWA license to your council when they asked for it, but if you have a license, I would definitely take it with you on the ferry - just to make things go a bit smoother.

[dannylatics]

no neither Hamm or Houten sell venemous anymore?

[Athravan]

Houten snakeday still does, I am not sure about the general shows, but I think they do.

[DASSIE]

my mate got stopped with a polly box of non dwa snakes on his way from houten , at the ferry port . They suspected he had drugs so had to be searched , including his clothes and car . Obviously they found nothing so decided to x ray the animals eventhough their paperwork was all in order . This cost him 700 pound and ontop of it , he missed his ferry and had to pay the tenner fee for a later sailing . I will never travel on the ferry again . They didnt have to provide a reason for them suspecting him nor is there any chance of him claiming his 700 back . All this and was a exhibitor at the show . Gutted for him and really not pleased with the french authorities , especially as they waved to him again when he had to re-enter the check in , like it was all very amusing for them .Cant begin to imagine what the crack would have been if he had dwa in his vehicle aswell !

[sharpstrain]

Originally Posted by Athravan

Houten snakeday still does, I am not sure about the general shows, but I think they do.

They had hots in the spring show at houten

[Magik]

Originally Posted by DASSIE

my mate got stopped with a polly box of non dwa snakes on his way from houten , at the ferry port . They suspected he had drugs so had to be searched , including his clothes and car . Obviously they found nothing so decided to x ray the animals eventhough their paperwork was all in order . This cost him 700 pound and ontop of it , he missed his ferry and had to pay the tenner fee for a later sailing . I will never travel on the ferry again . They didnt have to provide a reason for them suspecting him nor is there any chance of him claiming his 700 back . All this and was a exhibitor at the show . Gutted for him and really not pleased with the french authorities , especially as they waved to him again when he had to re-enter the check in , like it was all very amusing for them .Cant begin to imagine what the crack would have been if he had dwa in his vehicle aswell !

Wouldnt the x-ray machine do serious damage to snakes from radiation poisoning????