August 2009, the General Inspection Service (AID) of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality confiscated 200 young turtles of the species Chrysemys picta belli (Western Painted turtle) from a trader. This species does not appear...
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For the second time there came Geoclemys hamiltonii from Hong Kong, China to the ESF in Europe. At Wednesday 16 September 2009, at 04.45 in the morning arrived at Schiphol, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Dear all,
The studbook keepers day was a success. Around 30 people (studbook keepers and introduced people) attended. The atmosphere was great and the level of the presentations was very good. Some new studbook keepers introduced themselves ...
By Henk Zwartepoorte, president ESF At the February 2008 meeting of the ESF South East Asia working group the situation regarding Cuora trifasciata DNA research possibilities on European collections (zoos and privates) was discussed. The numbers i...
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Unregulated trade at 10 to 100 times legal levels has caused Southeast Asian Box Turtles almost to vanish from parts of Indonesia, where once they were common, according to a new report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. By Chris R...
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From 7 - 10 January 2009 the TSA and WCS, in conjunction with the Myanmar Forestry Department, conducted two workshops in Mandalay. A Species Recovery Plan workshop for the Burmese roof turtle, Batagur (Kachuga) trivittata, was followed by a compr...
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Traffic Press Relaese -7jan.2009
The Malayan Box Turtle is disappearing across Malaysia despite a ban on its export, finds a new report by TRAFFIC, the wildlife trade monitoring network. The turtles are in high demand in East Asia for thei...
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In een gezamenlijke actie van NBSV en ESF ten behoeve van het beschermingsproject Testudo kleinmanni in Egypte worden thans online T-shirts ten verkoop aangeboden.
De kritische situatie van Testudo kleinmanni (Lortet, 1883) (Egyptische lan...
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De eerste succesvolle kweek van de Bourret's doosschildpad in Nederland is een feit.
Na een incubatieperiode van 93 dagen kroop op 20 juni 2008 een jong uit het ei. Het dier heeft een lengte van 50 mm en weegt 18 gram.
Vanaf begin ...
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At Saturday November 10 the ESF received in ownership 33 Indotestudo elongata, who were confiscated by the Danish Ministry of the Environment, Danish Forest and Nature Agency, CITES Management Authority. This 33 turtles must be managed as a separa...
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The Hindu, CHENNAI
Twenty-six painted-roofed turtles KACHUGA KACHUGA are all set to return to the wild, after they were bred in captivity at the Madras Crocodile Bank.
Three years ago the Uttar Pradesh State Forest Department and t...
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Sunday, May 20 2007 Article Archive
At Thursday April 12, at 17.30 arrived at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands 31 adult Heosemys spinosa and 15 adult Cyclemys dentata from the Wild Animal Rescue Center of Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garde...
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November 4, 2005 the privately owned and managed Reptile Zoo Iguana in Vlissingen, The Netherlands donated a group of 10 specimens of the Black Marsh turtle to the ESF s...
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The Danish Ministry of the Environment, Danish Forest and Nature Agency, CITES Management Authority has signed a agreement with the ESF for a replacement of seven in Denmark confiscated Pelusios niger. The ESF has become the owner of thes...
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At Wednesday 24, at 17.45 arrived at Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands 2.2 adult wild Geoclemys hamiltoni from the Wild Animal Rescue Center of Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden in Hong Kong. The president of the Turtle Survival Alliance- Europe,...
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