Animal smuggler, Johnny Depp threatens to boycott Oz.

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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

He's the infamous nightclub owner of the Viper Room where River Phoenix was suspiciously found collapsed outside and who later died.

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Who was River Phoenix?

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Originally Posted by steane

I don't think Mr Depp is representative of the entire US population. ...
...I'm in the 'who cares' camp. Crocodile Dundee probably broke a law or two getting his "that's not a knife...this is a knife" Bowie into the US. It's just a bit of payback. We'll all survive in spite of ourselves ;)

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So you're comparing a fictional movie character's actions on film, with the real life crimes of an actor? Who then turns around and blames the country that gave him leniency on the offence allowing him to export the animals out of the country.

I don't really care about the colourful Los Angeles identity, but do find it offensive when people like that get special treatment that Aussies and other ordinary people don't.

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Originally Posted by p38arover

Who was River Phoenix?

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Another colourful Los Angeles identity

There would be no problems if we had of took a needle to the mutts in accordance with our laws. Problem solved, no one in future would try the same and think they can do the same.


If Depp don't come back there wont be any complaints from me.
Just another from Hollywood who thinks they are above the rules.




Cheers Ean

theres a song about him...

"I'm on the drugs..."

"I'm on the drugs..."

"I'm on the drugs that killed River Phoenix..."

.....so he must be someone important as well.....

My fav verse is:
I saw his body thrashing round.
I saw his pulse rate going down.
I saw him in convulsive throws.
I said "I'll have one of those." :cool:

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Originally Posted by Roverlord off road spares

It would be different if you tried to sneak something into the US that contravened their laws. Yanks just seem to have their heads up their asses too much and trivialize other countries' laws thinking they are above them.

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Yep x2:Rolling::bangin::woot::coplight::whistling::thu mbsup:

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LOL !!

LMFAO :p

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I thought that the media , mainly TV but papers as well , took this story way beyond where It deserved to be . Sure he shouldn't have brought them in , but let's face It these weren't scabby rabid dogs , I know some will say They could have been , and the Law is the Law . If these same Laws would have been in place years ago , there would be No cattle sheep , horses , dogs , act . I just think It's been made into a circus !!..Jim

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Originally Posted by jimr1

I thought that the media , mainly TV but papers as well , took this story way beyond where It deserved to be . Sure he shouldn't have brought them in , but let's face It these weren't scabby rabid dogs , I know some will say They could have been , and the Law is the Law . If these same Laws would have been in place years ago , there would be No cattle sheep , horses , dogs , act . I just think It's been made into a circus !!..Jim

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Rabies is endemic in the US, there is a great possibility a Depp dog would have it.

Look what happened with Equine flu that came in on race horses and the damage that did to the domestic horses who had never had any contact with the virus. With all the money spent on race horses who would have thought one of them would have been infected.

After WW1 all but one of the Australian horses didn't return. The rest were donated to the Indian Army, surrended to Egyptians to live out their lives in misery or euthanised by their troopers. Australian Military dogs up to Afghanistan were never permitted to return and they have to go through quarantine before they are returned.

If the laws we had in place twenty years ago were still in place, the Depp dogs would have had to spend a year in NZ before coming to Australia.

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Originally Posted by jimr1

If these same Laws would have been in place years ago , there would be No cattle sheep , horses , dogs , act .

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These laws have been in place for quite some time. If you want to bring your pets into the country, you can. Livestock are imported all the time. Just look at how many international entries are in the Melbourne Cup each year. There is a process, though. It's called quarantine.
He should not have taken them out of America for the short time he was here filming.

I enjoy Mr Depp's work. I have several of his movies (loved Ed Wood) but if he boycotts Australia, I'll boycott his movies and other acting work.