Post by Paul K on Aug 6, 2016 5:44:52 GMT -8
Dear members
I have a news. A dishonest cheat...
Five years ago I met Zac Warren via email when I mistook him for a girl (I been single and looked for a girlfriend for so many past years and I am still single), as I believed Zac were a female name, but I realised Zac as male and times passed he and I got to know other each and I hunted for Puriri moths for him, and in return I received exotic butterflies and moths from him, for three years. I had talked to him about I wanted actias moths and birdwing butterflies and papilionidae butterflies and attacus moths and huge hercules moths, but he did not followed my wishes for moths and butterflies I wanted and he gave me other exotic butterflies I had not expected. Over last two years he became less reply-able in bring the butterflies & moths he owe me for Puriri moths I had hunted for him for 5 past years.
7 months ago I asked him for a pair of Queen Victoria's Birdwing (Ornithoptera victoriae) and female & male Puriri moths from bush in Wellington, and he said yes and will bring me the butterflies and moths, but did not came to my place, with my Queen Victoriae birdwing butterflies and Puriri moths, and went to Auckland few times over last 7 months. Now he is planning to sell a pair of Queen Victoriae birdwing butterflies to customer.
Two years ago I told him he owe me butterflies and moths he had not repaid me for Puriri moths I hunted for him, but he was not willing to repay me butterflies and moths he owe me.
I did not know about laws and rules about rearing & keeping exotic insects in New Zealand, until 9th June when authorities came to my place & took my exotic saturniidae moth caterpillars & cocoons away.
8 months ago I asked Zac about he would ask MAF about keep caterpillars of exotic tropical moths and Zac said he did not talked to MAF and had to be quite about keeping actias maenas caterpillars and sent me the photo of his actias maenas caterpillars and I asked him to send me the eggs because I did not know about rules & laws regarding exotic insects, and I wanted to keep caterpillars of exotic tropical moths, so he sent me eggs, and this leaded me to ran into problems with authorities on 9th June. I had kept my caterpillars of exotic saturniidae moths confined to my office only and nothing else.
But few months later I became uncomforted about what if authorities find out and come to my house and take away my caterpillars. I did not find Zac a very good friend to me, more likely he is using me.
On 9th June I ran into a problem with authorities that came to my place and took all of my saturniidae moth caterpillars out of my house, and I was told that I cannot keep & breed alive saturniidae moth larvaes anymore until after next several months when authorities arrange for secure cages to be made for me to keep caterpillars and when New Zealand laws change.
I spent much time talking & explaining to authorities about my interest in collecting butterflies and moths and about I wanted to rear caterpillars of saturniidae moths as hobby and about secure cages & permits need for importing exotic insects to New Zealand. I did not had permits or correct secure cages yet.
This problems would not exist and authorities would not came to my place if Zac had been honest with Ministry of Agriculture (MAF for short) and Ministry For Primary Industries (MPI for short) officers and government and had discussions with authorities about Zac and me import, keep, breeding, rearing exotic saturniidae moths and butterflies in NZ, before Zac imported alive eggs of exotic saturniidae moths and butterflies into NZ.
My ex-friend Zac had started the problems, though importing and keep & breeding papilionidae butterflies and saturniidae moths in NZ, without discussing with Ministry For Primary Industries (MPI for short) and Government, caused much dishonest, and Zac owe me so many moths and butterflies I really wanted, plus he is using me to get he wants. Zac is selling butterflies & moths he was supposed to save for me. I felt used and let down by Zac.
I talked with Zac about he pay me with money, but he said no and he do not want to pay me with money, but he will pay me with butterflies and moths.
I had been very kind to Zac in hunting for about 4600 Puriri moths for him over 5 past years, I worked hard to supply him the moths and now I am still a low income man while he is a very wealthy man, with over 50 kinds of birdwing butterflies (illegally imported) in his cabinet. I was told by my friend about that Zac had broken the CITES laws by imported about over 50 ornithoptera birdwing butterflies discreeetly, without permits and without authorities know about birdwing butterflies, into New Zealand.
I no longer a friend of Zac anymore, as I caught about 4600 male Puriri moths over 5 past years and for payment I got fewer butterflies and moths I did not expected and no money from Zac...he is a dishonest cheat...he cheated by using me to hunt for Puriri moths and he paid me rather fewer butterflies & moths and butterflies I did not expected...I realized last year he had lied to me by told me about birdwing butterflies trade were banned, and I looked for evidences of birdwing butterflies trade ban, but I did not find evidences and now I just started to realised Zac used his lies to avoid buying and import the expensive birdwing butterflies for me.
Zac owe me NZD $ 100,00,000 payment for supplied him with about 4600 male Puriri moths (aenetus virescens) over 5 past years.
I felt very sad and let down.
Unmounted dried moths and butterflies only are allowed to be imported into New Zealand and few days ago I had just received a mounted hybrid actias moth from Germany man.
I were interested in collecting butterflies & moths for my entomologist cabinets and rearing caterpillars of saturniidae moths, and I were the first person to discovered the pink aenetus virescens and true blue aenetus virsecens.
You can find Zac by his nickname Zacatak in this website.
Regards
clinton9.
That is a heart breaking story , shame on you Zac...using honest people. Send Clinton few nice birdwings and keep your face.