lion wrote: What should be done if you've got one already?

Well you're from the Western Cape, so you may as well feed it to your bearded dragon, or any other exotic animal you're not allowed to keep.

Are OBTs seriously that bad?

I bought one (From someone on this forum):S, I wasn't aware that it was illegal. When I did find out I ended up giving to Cerat who has a permit. Honestly, I don't think I would have been about to kill it. Shame, like it is the little spiders faults.

I think that there shoold be a page about all the dodgy people and pet shops out there kind of a black list page???.... get them out of the hobby because these idiots can ruin it for all of us.... im shocked that petshops and people are selling them as other things its just wrong

Quick question. When a shop is reported to Nat Con do they chalk it up as an example of the spider keeping hobby being responsible and policing itself or as yet another example of the law being broken by the pesky pet trade due to the demands of the spider keeping hobby?

Swifty wrote: Are OBTs seriously that bad?

Depends on if you mind buying a brazilian black and white and ending up with an illegal spider?
As for if they are a threat in sa, rather just search for threads on the site. I'll probably go insane if i need to repeat everything for the 72nd time on the site.