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If its illegal to purchase black tip reef sharks in California, how is the Steinhart Aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, able to display them in their exhibits?

According to this website you cannot purchase these sharks in California:

 

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If its illegal to purchase black tip reef sharks in California, how is the Steinhart Aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, able to display them in their exhibits?

According to this website you cannot purchase these sharks in California:

I can't help you unfortunately, but if you're planning on keeping a black tip reef shark, that's awsome!:star-struck:
 

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If its illegal to purchase black tip reef sharks in California, how is the Steinhart Aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, able to display them in their exhibits?

According to this website you cannot purchase these sharks in California:

Because they are an aquarium and have worked with government to obtain permission. I am not sure what the issue is or are you just curious? Many entities that are educational or conservation and research accredited can sometimes obtain permits that you, as a private individual can not obtain.
 

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If its illegal to purchase black tip reef sharks in California, how is the Steinhart Aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, able to display them in their exhibits?

According to this website you cannot purchase these sharks in California:

Without citing any actual regulations, I know it's possible with the correct permits etc as public aquaria or research institutions etc.. heck I even knew a guy growing up who had an african lion as a pet with permits.
 

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I can't help you unfortunately, but if you're planning on keeping a black tip reef shark, that's awsome!:star-struck:
Why would trying to keep an illegal to obtain or own protected specimen that is likely going to be mishandled and put in a poor situation be “awesome”??
 

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Why would trying to keep an illegal to obtain or own protected specimen that is likely going to be mishandled and put in a poor situation be “awesome”??
Well, assuming it is illegal, then obviously you shouldn't try and keep one against the law. I said awsome in the intent that, it's very cool that you would like to keep a reef shark, as they're very exotic, and interesting creatures to keep in a captive environment.

Edit: my apologies. I read the post as "is it illegal to own a black tip reef shark" :loudly-crying-face:
 

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Besides presumably a mountain of permits and paperwork, zoos and aquariums apparently have a barter system for trading animals without exchanging cold hard cash, to avoid laws around buying endangered species:

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Besides presumably a mountain of permits and paperwork, zoos and aquariums apparently have a barter system for trading animals without exchanging cold hard cash, to avoid laws around buying endangered species:

:Article
Yep — if you know zoo curators or management you will hear all kinds of interesting stories like this, as well as the crazy stuff that comes in from law enforcement and individuals who realize they made a big mistake. “Hi, I have 2 baby black tips and 10 baby pacu that are outgrowing my 55, an you help me” or “I had no idea that elk got this big when we started feeding it”.
 

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If its illegal to purchase black tip reef sharks in California, how is the Steinhart Aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, able to display them in their exhibits?

According to this website you cannot purchase these sharks in California:

Im sure as aquariums they have to get some kind of permits from the state
 

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im not sure i understand. maybe the same reason zoos can have animals that we cant?
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Can somebody here please educate me if the Black Tip Reef sharks are captive bred or are they still caught in the wild?

Also, can a public aquarium really afford that kind of shark that costs $5,999.99?
 

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They are both caught and captive bred. I am not sure your age or perspective, but zoo budgets are in the millions (tens to hundreds of millions) of dollars annually. A $6,000 specimen is not expensive. That very zoo may spend 10x to 100x of that just on a breeding program for said shark.
 

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Can somebody here please educate me if the Black Tip Reef sharks are captive bred or are they still caught in the wild?

Is there a reason why you can't do this on your own? If you really want to keep these animals then the onus is on you. There are no short cuts here.
 

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Can somebody here please educate me if the Black Tip Reef sharks are captive bred or are they still caught in the wild?

Also, can a public aquarium really afford that kind of shark that costs $5,999.99?
Are you joking? Compared to the cost of the tank, and the biological and mechanical filtration for a messy predator, $6000 is absolutely peanuts.

My guess is that there are reefers here who have tanks alone that cost an order of magnitude more than that.
 

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