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Post by span870 on Sept 18, 2015 17:46:41 GMT -5
Okay I breed Tennessee redback rabbits. It's kind of a mix of rabbits that are chosen for running ability. They are used to stock running pens for training beagles.
I have a guy coming from Ohio to buy all I have at the end of the month. Selling them for $8 each. Note these rabbits by selective breeding are at full size around a cottontail size. I asked the guy what he is going to do with them figuring he had a bunch of beagle clubs he supplies because he wanted to buy over 200 from me last year. He tells me he ships them to Dubai Saudi Arabia and they get turned into snake sausages to feed to snakes. They have to be shipped alive and arrive alive so they actually had to build special creates that hold food and water. This guy is an ol country boy from upstate Ohio. Does this not seem like the craziest story you've ever heard? He is picking them up from me and paying cash for them. Wants any chickens, rabbits, goats etc I can get at $1 a pound. I don't think you could make this story up. What's your thoughts? My wife automatically goes to terrorist. Not 100% sure what an ol boy from update Ohio would have tires for and what we would be shipping to Dubai.
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Post by greghopper on Sept 18, 2015 18:07:59 GMT -5
If you have his name you can check him out through customs. ...... If he is shipping overseas it goes though customs. .... Interesting for sure!!
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Post by span870 on Sept 18, 2015 18:17:31 GMT -5
His buddy runs the business. He's been doing it a year. He explained to me, at least tried, all the permits and everything he had to go through.
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Post by span870 on Sept 18, 2015 18:32:44 GMT -5
Okay I might have an answer. I tracked an old coworker down that is a devout Muslim. He said under hadith, guidelines for a clean life with God, which is devout Muslim, some people blessed there food before eating it and feel that if feeding it to another animal it should be blessed also. Got me but best explanation I found.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Sept 18, 2015 19:50:28 GMT -5
LOL, I'd hate to see my rabbits go to feeding snakes, go figure.
He must get a lot for those rabbits. I'm surprised that they don't just raise them there. It would have to be cheaper. How in the world does a guy get set up doing something like this?
Why would someone want a so called clean snake?
I bet this guy is on a government watch list.
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Post by duff on Sept 18, 2015 20:38:23 GMT -5
I say raise more rabbits :-)
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Post by span870 on Sept 18, 2015 21:13:42 GMT -5
I'm with you Jon. If I knew I wouldn't have sold them to him. I know the dogs catch them from time to time but at least they have a good life up until then. Stupid I know.
Buddy explained it that you have a cleanliness you live for in front of Allah. Everything you do you strive for that cleanliness. That includes blessing your pets and the food you feed to it.
What he's making, I don't know. I'd assume a pretty penny. He said he's going to make money from it while he can. What I know about Dubai, money means nothing to them. There are actually some pretty cool videos online of their police force. Some drive Lamborghini's and Ferraris with light bars. Was looking up some info on it. Apparently deadly snakes are the in thing. There are several news stories about escaped black mambas and taipan's. Weird society but when you have that kind of money to throw around, I guess all goes. They actually built an island in the middle of the ocean to build a hotel and resort on it. Don't think they would put the effort into raising them themselves. That kind of money you pay people to do the slave work.
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Post by Jamie Brooks 1John5:13 on Sept 18, 2015 22:03:39 GMT -5
I'm with you Jon. If I knew I wouldn't have sold them to him. I know the dogs catch them from time to time but at least they have a good life up until then. Stupid I know. Buddy explained it that you have a cleanliness you live for in front of Allah. Everything you do you strive for that cleanliness. That includes blessing your pets and the food you feed to it. What he's making, I don't know. I'd assume a pretty penny. He said he's going to make money from it while he can. What I know about Dubai, money means nothing to them. There are actually some pretty cool videos online of their police force. Some drive Lamborghini's and Ferraris with light bars. Was looking up some info on it. Apparently deadly snakes are the in thing. There are several news stories about escaped black mambas and taipan's. Weird society but when you have that kind of money to throw around, I guess all goes. They actually built an island in the middle of the ocean to build a hotel and resort on it. Don't think they would put the effort into raising them themselves. That kind of money you pay people to do the slave work. LOL, that's a good point; they wouldn't raise them. It's hard for me to think outside this block-head of mine sometimes. Yes, I have seen some of Dubai through my international photography friends. It is a big party place. I have a Palestinian friend who went back over there to meet prospective wives. Yes, he got one. LOL While he was over there he spent some time playing in Dubai. That hotel is almost beyond imagination.
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Post by span870 on Sept 22, 2015 16:17:15 GMT -5
So I got the true story. They are being sent to Dubai to be used for training hawks and falcons. I did some research after he left and apparently it's huge over there. He is the middleman. He buys and sells them to his buddy that has a wildlife import export permit. The Saudi princes flies to the united States 4 times a year for business and flyers then back to Dubai on his private jet. He says he's pretty sure the end result is around $50 each.
Can you imagine having that kind of bank roll. Honestly I don't think anyone could imagine that level of rich.
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Post by esshup on Sept 22, 2015 23:11:51 GMT -5
I was told that some Saudi's will rent a complete FedEx plane to fly their horses over here to race them, then rent the whole plane to fly them back. I was told each trip was 2 million by a FedEx pilot.
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Post by parrothead on Sept 23, 2015 10:58:22 GMT -5
I saw on TV the other day a drug Lord in Mexico looses 200 million per day to rats and mice eating his money they he doesn't put in banks. He stashes it around the country. Of course he was making like a billion a day from drugs.
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Post by parrothead on Sept 23, 2015 11:14:20 GMT -5
I looked it up he was loosing 420 million per week to rats.
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Post by hornzilla on Sept 23, 2015 11:48:51 GMT -5
I was told that some Saudi's will rent a complete FedEx plane to fly their horses over here to race them, then rent the whole plane to fly them back. I was told each trip was 2 million by a FedEx pilot. My mother use to live in Florida. They have a horse show each spring that's about a month long. Give or take a few days. It's called HITS. (Horses in the south) She was friends with a big time breeder down there. They told her the same thing about the Saudi's FedEx plane loads of horses in for the show. Money is now object.
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Post by omegahunter on Sept 23, 2015 14:42:10 GMT -5
I'm with you Jon. If I knew I wouldn't have sold them to him. I know the dogs catch them from time to time but at least they have a good life up until then. Stupid I know. Buddy explained it that you have a cleanliness you live for in front of Allah. Everything you do you strive for that cleanliness. That includes blessing your pets and the food you feed to it. What he's making, I don't know. I'd assume a pretty penny. He said he's going to make money from it while he can. What I know about Dubai, money means nothing to them. There are actually some pretty cool videos online of their police force. Some drive Lamborghini's and Ferraris with light bars. Was looking up some info on it. Apparently deadly snakes are the in thing. There are several news stories about escaped black mambas and taipan's. Weird society but when you have that kind of money to throw around, I guess all goes. They actually built an island in the middle of the ocean to build a hotel and resort on it. Don't think they would put the effort into raising them themselves. That kind of money you pay people to do the slave work. Even if I were making money hand over fist I would build a facility and pay someone over there a LOT less to raise my rabbits for me rather than the expense to keep getting them from somewhere else. GOT to be cheaper in the long run (maybe not so long either). Come to think of it, especially if I were making money hand over fist and the $ was no consideration I would have something worked out locally!
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Post by span870 on Sept 23, 2015 14:58:31 GMT -5
I agree but I think it comes down to our idea of rich compared to those in Saudi Arabia and to a greater extent the royalty in Dubai. We in the united states think someone with a million net worth is rich. Saudi royalty deal in billions. The royalty is raised in that mindset that money means nothing, well the males are. It's just a whole different world.
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Post by omegahunter on Sept 24, 2015 7:49:24 GMT -5
I agree but I think it comes down to our idea of rich compared to those in Saudi Arabia and to a greater extent the royalty in Dubai. We in the united states think someone with a million net worth is rich. Saudi royalty deal in billions. The royalty is raised in that mindset that money means nothing, well the males are. It's just a whole different world. Another reason to have what you want at your immediate disposal locally instead of 1000's of miles away. What all do you have to do for the interstate transfer to Ohio?
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Post by nfalls116 on Sept 24, 2015 7:57:24 GMT -5
I agree but I think it comes down to our idea of rich compared to those in Saudi Arabia and to a greater extent the royalty in Dubai. We in the united states think someone with a million net worth is rich. Saudi royalty deal in billions. The royalty is raised in that mindset that money means nothing, well the males are. It's just a whole different world. Another reason to have what you want at your immediate disposal locally instead of 1000's of miles away. What all do you have to do for the interstate transfer to Ohio? so if you think of it this way it may help Where do you get the food for the rabbit? (The us) How much food does it take to raise said rabbit (quite a bit) How much does that food weigh? ( quite a bit) How much cheaper would it be to ship a 3 lb rabbit instead of a 15lb bag of rabbit food?..
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Post by omegahunter on Sept 24, 2015 8:49:27 GMT -5
Another reason to have what you want at your immediate disposal locally instead of 1000's of miles away. What all do you have to do for the interstate transfer to Ohio? so if you think of it this way it may help Where do you get the food for the rabbit? (The us) How much food does it take to raise said rabbit (quite a bit) How much does that food weigh? ( quite a bit) How much cheaper would it be to ship a 3 lb rabbit instead of a 15lb bag of rabbit food?.. $ is no object remember? Feed mill right next to the rabbit farm. When $ is no object, you find ways to get what you want the FASTEST; not the cheapest.
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Post by chubwub on Sept 24, 2015 9:35:12 GMT -5
I guess you can look at it this way, since money is no object, the money was placed into your pocket instead of their own because they don't want to deal with raising the rabbits. Sounds like a win/win to me!
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Post by duff on Sept 24, 2015 14:02:14 GMT -5
Don't look the gift horse in the mouth. Just let your rabbits do what rabbits do and sell more rabbits. You can support my next fishing trip :-)
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