Second opinion: Is it illegal to import a rattlesnake into Canada? How much will this cost me?

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what province are you in?

Thank you for your patience. Importing goods is federally regulated and can be considered a terrestrial animal by-product import, which is relatively complicated - but generally speaking, it may require approval from the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora

It is not necessarily illegal to import, but you absolutely would have to provide proof of origin, the type of processing and treatment that it has gone through, etc.

you wouldn't get in trouble per say, but it would just be returned to the sender

Yes, it would be the same because you would have to declare it

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