August this year the Reherp Foundation is established and officially registered at the Rotterdam Chamber of Commerce. The board is formed by secretary Chris Peters (former Rotterdam Zoo educator) and chairman Henk Zwartepoorte (former Rotterdam Zo...
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Siebren is ESF board adviser and co-studbook keeper of Corucia zebrata and Shinisaurus crocodilurus.
Siebren, could you please introduce yourself in a few words?
I am 35 years old and raised in Ede in the centre of the Netherlands....
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Three days ago, authorities in Palawan confiscated over 4,000 turtles just before they were shipped out from their native island in the Philippines. More than 3,800 of them were endemic Philippine Forest Turtles (Siebenrockiella leytensis), a spec...
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Announcement : The next STUDBOOK KEEPERS DAY, will take place MARCH 28, 2015
Location :
Milieu Educatief Centrum (MEC)
Geinoord 9
3432 PE Nieuwegein
Netherlands
In each ESF-newsletter we will interview either a passionate individual or an employee of an organisation that is connected to ESF. In this newsletter we would like to introduce Evert Henningheim.
Evert has a green iguana ( Iguana iguana )...
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Dear Geoclemys hamiltoni studbook participants and interested parties,
In Asia, a total of 330 Geoclemys hamiltonii are confiscated, which will be offered in ownership by the Turtle Survival Alliance Europe (TSA-E...
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A talk with: Victor Loehr
Every Newsletter we would like to interview someone who, from personal conviction or professionally has made an important contribution in promoting the keeping of reptiles and/or amphibians. For this second Newsle...
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In the survey of September 2012 the Board asked all 61 (co) studbook keepers two questions.
In total 38 reactions were received with very clear opinions and constructive proposals.
The first question was : Do you think that the ESF n...
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Sunday, September 23 2012 Article Archive
The ESF and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), jointly working towards sustainable amphibian and reptile populations in...
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In een verzoek tot het financieren van genetisch onderzoek moet tenminste de beantwoording van de volgende vragen worden opgenomen.
1. Waarom is genetisch onderzoek voor deze soort noodzakelijk?
2. Heeft er al een vergelijkbaar genet...
On Tuesday August 2nd 2011 a group of 3 Chinese crocodile lizards (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) flew from the Netherlands to Finland as part of the studbook breeding program coordinated by the European Studbook Foundation.
The Chinese crocodi...
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De Nederlands-Belgische Schildpadden Vereniging (NBSV) (http://www.trionyx.nl/ en http://www.trionyx.be/ ) houdt op zaterdag 21 april 2012 haar jaarlijkse Voorjaarslanddag.<...
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On Tuesday August 2nd 2011 a group of 3 Chinese crocodile liards (Shinisaurus crocodilurus) flew from the Netherlands to Finland as part of the studbook breeding program coordinated by the European Studbook Foundation.
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TSA News. By Brian Horne on March 18, 2010 Brian Horne is a post-doc turtle biologist. He serves as Vice-Chair of the TSA's Field Conservation Committee and serves on the TSA Advisory Committee.
Shortly after arriving in the small town of ...
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The ESF is very pleased with the new studbook keeper Marcus Wilder and the new co-studbook keeper Ruth Merrick for the studbook Mantella. This important studbook for the interesting poison frogs of Madagascar will make a new start.
The tax...
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