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European Turtle Alliance conference Spring 2024

Join us for an exhilarating weekend filled with invaluable insights and discoveries in turtle and tortoise conservation, brought to you in association with Tortoise Welfare UK and the European Studbook Foundation.

Featuring a stellar lineu...

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European Turtle Alliance Conference

Coming up: a two day conference at Writtle University College, Chelmsford, UK on 11 & 12 November 2023 hosted by the European Turtle Alliance. For members of the European Studbook Foundation you can use the discount code: ESF-...

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Change of boardmembers '23

Stijn stelt zich voor:

Onlangs had ik het genoegen en de eer toe te mogen treden tot het bestuur van de European Studbook Foundation. Mijn naam is Stijn de Vries en woon nu het grootste deel van mijn leven in Alph...

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Partnerdag Van Dieren Ontdek Park

Op donderdag 29 september vond in Van Dieren Ontdekpark op de locatie van Aeres Barneveld
de tweede partnerbijeenkomst van de Publiek Private Samenwerking ‘Samen Ontdekken van
Dieren’ plaats.
Op het terrein van Aeres MBO Barn...

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Change of board members

Goodby ESF secretary Harry Rotmans

Dear reader,

After 25 years of working together with countless people in good and difficult times, it is high time for me to stop with the secretariat to ...

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Wijzigingen in verband met BREXIT (toegespitst op Nederland) (English explanation below the Dutch text)

Wijzigingen in verband met BREXIT (toegespitst op Nederland) (English explanation below the Dutch text)

EU-certificaten afgegeven door het VK

Heeft u een EU-certificaat? E...

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ESF animals available for breeding loan

Due to our agreement with the Duch authorities, the following animals will be available for an ESF breeding loan:

Podocnemis unifilis

Platemys platycephala

Phrynops geoffroanus

Chel...

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Turtles in Trouble: The World’s 25+ Most Endangered Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles – 2018

The Turtle Conservation Coalition recently published a report to call attention for the world's most endagered tortoises and freshwater turtles. According to Turtles in Trouble: The World’s 25+ Most Endangered Tortoises and Freshwater Turtle...

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In memory Henk Zwartepoorte

The Board received the startling tiding that our former chairman Henk Zwartepoorte unexpectedly died on October 28. He was 67 years old.

Within and outside Europe, Henk was known as keeper and breeder of reptiles and especially turtles. Hi...

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Studbook keepers day April 9 2016

Announcement : The Studbook keepers day, will take place April 9, 2016

Except studbbok keepers also studbook participants and other interested parties are very welcome. Please register as soon as possible!

Location :

Milieu...

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ReHerp Foundation progress

Since the official registration at a notary in Rotterdam and registration at the Rotterdam Chamber of Commerce August 2015 there has been made some progress.

The ReHerp foundation target species are two chelonian species and the crocodile ...

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Speckled tortoises (Homopus signatus) collected in the wild to reinforce the studbook

In September 2015, five male and five female Homopus signatus were collected in the wild (South Africa) and exported to Europe to broaden the genetic basis of the studbook population. The collection and export were the result of intensive...

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Word from the ESF president

Earlier this year I announced my stepping back from the position of president of the ESF or how I prefer to say ESF chair.January 2016 this will be a fact. Laurens Woldring will be chair of the European studbook Foundation.A number of changes were...

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Conference Tortoise Welfare UK

On the 8th of November Victor Loehr and I attend the annual conference of the Tortoise Welfare UK at Colchester Zoo were we were invited to talk about the ESF in general and about the Homopus studbooks. The Tortoise Welfare UK is a British non-pro...

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In memoriam Siebren Kuperus

It is with great regret and sadness that we have to inform you that Siebren Kuperus, former board member, studbook coordinator, passionate reptile keeper and above all great colleague and friend, suddenly passed away on Thursday 5 November.

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