Txemalopez
Well-Known Member
Adopción internacional de tortugas acuáticas asiáticas
He recibido un e-mail de Henk Zwartepoorte, de la TSA. Se ha incautado un cargamento de 1300 tortugas en Hong Kong, que si no se importan a Europa y Estados Unidos serán eutanasiadas en breve. La TSA anda buscando fondos para traerlas a Europa, y los animales serán repartidos entre los donantes. Os cuento los animales que hay y ya os daré más detalles económicos, pero de momento hay:
Heosemys annadalii - 20-60 cm, 200 animales
Cuora amboinensis - 20 cm, 640 animales
Cyclemys dentata, 30 cm, 480 animales.
A ver cuantas estamos dispuestos a acoger aquí. Por descontado, vendrían de Holanda con todos los permisos CITES en regla.
NO SON TORTUGAS GRATIS. Hay que contribuir a su importación, y, aunque pueden salir muy económicas, quedarían bajo nuestra tutela.
Os paso el email original:
If you thought the turtle trade in Asia was diminished you are wrong. The trade is shifted to other exporting countries in south east Asia with respect to certain species. Countries lacking law enforcement or with a strong corruption are exporting to China in particular. The trade is more than ever heavily ongoing and with respect to certain species totally unsustainable.
The day before yesterday a large shipment of over 1320 turtles were confiscated in Hong kong. Positive element in this is that at least the Hong kong authorities confiscate shipments so every now and then.
The shipment contains:
- Yellow-headed Temple Turtle (Heosemys annandalii), App II, 200 hd 20-60cm
- Malayan Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis), App II, 640 hd 20cm
- Asian leaf turtle (Cyclemys dentata), non scheduled 480 hd 25-30cm
All turtles will be homed temporarily at Kadoorie Farms and Botanic gardens in Hong Kong. After two months all not homed turtles will be euthanized by the Hong kong government.
Kadoorie now requested the TSA (Europe and USA) to find homes for these animals. This will be very difficult, but nevertheless I call on your creativity and financial means to seriously consider to home a number of these animals.
These species do not belong to priority species and are not critically endangered yet, but they will be in a few years from now. With respect to Cuora amboinensis read the reports by Chris Shepard and Sabine Shoppe. I particularly appeal to the Cuora amboinensis ESF studbook keeper to investigate whether a number of these specimens can fit in into the studbook.
Together with TSA US we will have to look for funding transports.
Looking forward to your positive answer"
Best regards,
Henk Zwartepoorte,
President TSA- Europe
President ESF
Assistant Curator Reptiles and Amphibians Rotterdam Zoo.
Turtle Conservation Officer.
EAZA Amphibian Support Officer
EEP species coordinator Testudo kleinmanni and T. werneri
IUCN TFTS groupmember
Un saludo
He recibido un e-mail de Henk Zwartepoorte, de la TSA. Se ha incautado un cargamento de 1300 tortugas en Hong Kong, que si no se importan a Europa y Estados Unidos serán eutanasiadas en breve. La TSA anda buscando fondos para traerlas a Europa, y los animales serán repartidos entre los donantes. Os cuento los animales que hay y ya os daré más detalles económicos, pero de momento hay:
Heosemys annadalii - 20-60 cm, 200 animales
Cuora amboinensis - 20 cm, 640 animales
Cyclemys dentata, 30 cm, 480 animales.
A ver cuantas estamos dispuestos a acoger aquí. Por descontado, vendrían de Holanda con todos los permisos CITES en regla.
NO SON TORTUGAS GRATIS. Hay que contribuir a su importación, y, aunque pueden salir muy económicas, quedarían bajo nuestra tutela.
Os paso el email original:
If you thought the turtle trade in Asia was diminished you are wrong. The trade is shifted to other exporting countries in south east Asia with respect to certain species. Countries lacking law enforcement or with a strong corruption are exporting to China in particular. The trade is more than ever heavily ongoing and with respect to certain species totally unsustainable.
The day before yesterday a large shipment of over 1320 turtles were confiscated in Hong kong. Positive element in this is that at least the Hong kong authorities confiscate shipments so every now and then.
The shipment contains:
- Yellow-headed Temple Turtle (Heosemys annandalii), App II, 200 hd 20-60cm
- Malayan Box Turtle (Cuora amboinensis), App II, 640 hd 20cm
- Asian leaf turtle (Cyclemys dentata), non scheduled 480 hd 25-30cm
All turtles will be homed temporarily at Kadoorie Farms and Botanic gardens in Hong Kong. After two months all not homed turtles will be euthanized by the Hong kong government.
Kadoorie now requested the TSA (Europe and USA) to find homes for these animals. This will be very difficult, but nevertheless I call on your creativity and financial means to seriously consider to home a number of these animals.
These species do not belong to priority species and are not critically endangered yet, but they will be in a few years from now. With respect to Cuora amboinensis read the reports by Chris Shepard and Sabine Shoppe. I particularly appeal to the Cuora amboinensis ESF studbook keeper to investigate whether a number of these specimens can fit in into the studbook.
Together with TSA US we will have to look for funding transports.
Looking forward to your positive answer"
Best regards,
Henk Zwartepoorte,
President TSA- Europe
President ESF
Assistant Curator Reptiles and Amphibians Rotterdam Zoo.
Turtle Conservation Officer.
EAZA Amphibian Support Officer
EEP species coordinator Testudo kleinmanni and T. werneri
IUCN TFTS groupmember
Un saludo
y eso los que lleguen , por que seguro que muchos se quedan por el camino....
