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Year of the Turtle News No Year of the Turtle News No. 2 February 2011 Basking in the Wonder of Turtles www.YearoftheTurtle.org This young Burmese roof turtle is one of over 400 now living at the Yadanabon Zoo, the result of protecting nesting beaches of the remnant wild population What is PARC? and captive breeding. This rare turtle was considered possibly extinct until it Partners in Amphibian and was “rediscovered” in 2002. Thanks to TSA efforts, this species is on the road to recovery. Reptile Conservation (PARC) is: • a diverse group of The Turtle Survival Alliance conservation-minded The Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) populations, the TSA was charged citizens, professionals, and was formed in 2001 as “an IUCN with developing breeding programs organizations partnership for sustainable captive for the most critically endangered of • intended to connect and management of freshwater turtles and the world’s chelonian species. complement existing conservation efforts tortoises.” The TSA arose in response For seven years, the TSA • focused on keeping common to the rampant and unsustainable functioned within the IUCN species common and harvest of Asian turtle populations to (World Conservation Union) protecting habitats supply Chinese markets, a situation structure, recognized as a task force • You! known as the Asian Turtle Crisis. of the Tortoise and Freshwater Turtle Recognizing that some species of Specialist Group (TFTSG). With The PARC Mission: To conserve turtles and tortoises were unlikely branches in Europe and the U.S., the amphibians, reptiles and their to survive without well-managed TSA organized a diverse partnership habitats as integral parts of our involving zoos and aquariums, ecosystem and culture through universities, private breeders and Inside: page proactive and coordinated public/ serious hobbyists, veterinarians, Why Care About Turtles? 2 private partnerships. conservation NGOs, range country Year of the Turtle Partners 3 turtle facilities and turtle rescue Read more about PARC at World Turtle Day 8 organizations. That diversity is one www.parcplace.org, and be sure of the TSA’s core strengths and has to read the “10 Years of PARC” Jane Goodall Environmental allowed the development of a global brochure for a great overview of Middle School 9 network of linked breeding programs, the organization: http://www. Turtles in Oneida Culture 10 known as Assurance Colonies. The parcplace.org/documents/ PARC Regional Spotlight 11 TSA has attained recognition for its PARC10year.pdf. Upcoming Meetings 12 continued on p. 6 “Behold the turtle. He makes progress when his neck is out.” — James Bryant Conant (1893-1978), educator and scientist Year of the Turtle News No. 2, February 2011, p. 2 Why Care About Turtles? Get Your February Key reasons to care about turtles include: Calendar! • Ethics • Aesthetics • Ecosystem Services Turtles and tortoises are unique animals, iconic throughout world cultures as symbols of wisdom and steadfast qualities, and globally recognized by their shells. They have persisted on Earth for over 200 million years and through many world disturbance events. Their precipitous losses now are indicative of the threat that humans are having to world ecosystems, where our natural heritage is being lost. Biodiversity retention has ethical and aesthetic rationales. The USA has more turtle and tortoise species than any other nation. We are Reinier Goudswaard photographed a turtle biodiversity hotspot. Retaining this natural heritage is synonymous this Painted Turtle (Chrysemys with ecosystem stewardship and maintenance of healthy waters and lands. picta) swimming in a large pond upstream from a cascade near Otter Ecologically, turtles are Lake along the Blue Ridge Parkway centrally nested in food webs, in Virginia in July 2010. See this tying together producer and month’s winner (above) and runner- consumer components of up at www.parcplace.org/YOTYear the food chain. Their loss oftheTurtleCalendarFebruary.pdf rearranges predator-prey food chains, altering native wild Call for Photos for the 2011 communities. Year of the Turtle Calendar Photo Contest Turtles are important commercial products in many It’s not too late to enter the 2011 world cultures, providing food, Calendar Photo Contest! We are traditional medicines, and accepting entries all year long. Northern Diamondback Terrapin, Give us your best shot! For more pets. They can be effectively (Malaclemys terrapin terrapin). Photo by and humanely farmed, which Kevin Plitt. information and for entry details, can reduce losses of wild turtles. please visit www.parcplace.org/ yearoftheturtlephoto.htm. Follow all of the Year of the Turtle news and happenings on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/pages/Year-of-the-Turtle-2011/158410367533653) and Twitter (http://twitter.com/YearOfTheTurtle). Submit Your Citizen Science Projects Ask the Experts! Do you have a list of turtle citizen science projects? Are you involved with Do you have questions about turtle a specific citizen program or have information on a project? Other turtle biology or turtle conservation issues, enthusiasts would love to hear about it in order to get involved as well! One but you can’t quite seem to find the great example is the work of the Toronto Zoo’s Turtle Tally (www.torontozoo. answers? Submit your turtle questions com/adoptapond/TurtleTally.asp). Please send information on your citizen via email (yearoftheturtle2011@ science programs to [email protected] and help us get more gmail.com) to our panel of experts, citizens involved in turtle science! and we will select questions to answer in our upcoming newsletter editions. Please include your name and location in your email message. Year of the Turtle News No. 2, February 2011, p. 3 Get Involved in the Year of the Turtle! The Year of the Turtle Team is in a future newsletter. Please contact this year. If you have ideas, please encouraging partnerships for Year of David Dimitrie, our newsletter editor, forge right ahead and do not hesitate the Turtle! By getting involved with at yearoftheturtle2011@gmail. to tie your efforts to Year of the Turtle! Year of the Turtle, you can help us com for article contents and length We have had some very creative and achieve a heightened awareness of guidelines; articles to be included beneficial suggestions such as taking turtle concerns and ongoing efforts. are determined by the 15th of the turtle conservation concepts to There are several benefits to you previous month. Be sure to send local communities through arts or and your group by getting involved: photos to accompany your articles! humanities expositions and including 1. We will feature a brief 3. We will post your logo and web the Year of the Turtle logos in everyday introduction to your group with your link at the Year of the Turtle website, events; having turtle biology or logo and website, as space permits, and similarly, we will give you our conservation talks showcased at local in the Year of the Turtle News as logo and web link to place on your and national meetings or festivals; well as on the Year of the Turtle website. and developing media “splashes” such website. Send your information to Another way you can get involved as films, YouTube videos, billboards, [email protected] to is to help us with our Turtle Mapping and spokespersons. become a partner today! Project. Go to www.yearoftheturtle. We are very excited to extend the Year of the Turtle to a broader 2. If you would like to write a org for more information. Finally, we encourage everyone audience through your participation! longer article about a particular Get involved today! project your group is conducting, we to think of how they or their group may be able to include that as a feature might promote turtle conservation Year of the Turtle Collaborating Partners The Year of the Turtle Planning Team is pleased to welcome the following organizations to our growing list of collaborating partners: American Tortoise Rescue was founded to provide for the protection of all species of tortoise and turtle. We offer permanent sanctuary to abandoned and lost tortoises. We also provide information about the care, feeding, and rehabilitation of endangered and captive-bred tortoises. We also work to protect the desert tortoise from collectors, off-road vehicles, and loss of habitat. American Tortoise Rescue has sponsored World Turtle Day on May 23 since it was created in 2000. www.tortoise.com Australian Freshwater Turtle Conservation and Research Association (AFTCRA), Inc.’s mission is to protect all Australian Freshwater Turtle species and to prevent extinction by ensuring sustainable populations can and do exist in the wild. Our current activities are conducting field research and promoting awareness through education. We intend to establish an education centre plus establish assurance colonies and breeding programs of threatened species. We also hope to be able to fund small research projects in collaboration with Australian universities. www.aftcra.org.au Australian Freshwater Turtles Forum is a not-for-profit organisation with over 4,500 members dedicated not only to educating people with the most up to date freshwater turtle husbandry to provide a happy and rewarding life for turtles bred and kept in captivity, but also the preservation and conservation of freshwater turtles throughout the world. Our members have organised and participated in many rescues of freshwater turtles around Australia that have been put in danger by human activities and changing climatic conditions. www.turtles.net.au Year of the Turtle News No. 2, February 2011, p. 4 More Year of the Turtle Collaborating Partners Colorado Reptile Humane Society works to improve the lives of reptiles and amphibians in captivity and in the wild through education and action. We accomplish our mission by providing shelter and proper husbandry while securing permanent homes for the animals; providing captive care education to the public; participating in conservation efforts locally and internationally; and engaging in rehabilitation and release of native species.
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