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32(1) Colour.Indd CROCODILE SPECIALIST GROUP NEWSLETTER VOLUME 32 No. 1 • JANUARY 2013 - MARCH 2013 IUCN • Species Survival Commission CSG Newsletter Subscription The CSG Newsletter is produced and distributed by the Crocodile CROCODILE Specialist Group of the Species Survival Commission (SSC) of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature). The CSG Newsletter provides information on the conservation, status, news and current events concerning crocodilians, and on the SPECIALIST activities of the CSG. The Newsletter is distributed to CSG members and to other interested individuals and organizations. All Newsletter recipients are asked to contribute news and other materials. The CSG Newsletter is available as: • Hard copy (by subscription - see below); and/or, • Free electronic, downloadable copy from “http://www.iucncsg. GROUP org/pages/Publications.html”. Annual subscriptions for hard copies of the CSG Newsletter may be made by cash ($US55), credit card ($AUD55) or bank transfer ($AUD55). Cheques ($USD) will be accepted, however due to increased bank charges associated with this method of payment, cheques are no longer recommended. A Subscription Form can be NEWSLETTER downloaded from “http://www.iucncsg.org/pages/Publications. html”. All CSG communications should be addressed to: CSG Executive Offi ce, P.O. Box 530, Karama, NT 0813, Australia. VOLUME 32 Number 1 Fax: (61) 8 89470678. E-mail: [email protected]. JANUARY 2013 - MARCH 2013 PATRONS IUCN - Species Survival Commission We thank all patrons who have donated to the CSG and its conservation program over many years, and especially to CHAIRMAN: donors in 2011-2012 (listed below). Professor Grahame Webb PO Box 530, Karama, NT 0813, Australia Big Bull Crocs! ($15,000 or more annually or in aggregate donations) EDITORIAL AND EXECUTIVE OFFICE: Japan, JLIA - Japan Leather & Leather Goods Industries PO Box 530, Karama, NT 0813, Australia Association, CITES Promotion Committee & All Japan Reptile Skin and Leather Association, Tokyo, Japan. Heng Long Leather Co. Pte. Ltd., Singapore. Printed by: Uniprint NT Hermes Cuirs Precieux, Paris, France. Charles Darwin University, NT 0909, Australia Singapore Reptile Skin Trade Association, Singapore. Friends ($3000 - $15,000) COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Nile crocodile, Blumenbach’s Mainland Holdings, Lae, Papua New Guinea. (1798) plate 26 (see pages 36-39). Phillip Cunliffe-Steel, New Zealand/Australia. Enrico Chiesa, Italhide, Italy. La Ferme aux Crocodiles, Pierrelatte, France. United Leather Product Co. Ltd., Thailand. EDITORIAL POLICY: All news on crocodilian conservation, Yee Tai Leather Enterprise Ltd., Hong Kong. research, management, captive propagation, trade, laws and regulations is welcome. Photographs and other graphic materials Supporters ($1000 - $3000) are particularly welcome. Information is usually published, as submitted, over the author’s name and mailing address. The editors Crocodile Conservation Institute, SC, USA also extract material from correspondence or other sources and these items are attributed to the source. If inaccuracies do appear, please William Belo, Coral Agri-Venture Farm, Philippines. call them to the attention of the editors so that corrections can be Shaun Foggett, Crocodiles of the World, Witngy, Oxon, UK. published in later issues. The opinions expressed herein are those of J. Perran Ross, Gainesville, FL, USA. the individuals identifi ed and are not the opinions of CSG, the SSC Florida Power & Light Inc., FL, USA. or the IUCN unless so indicated. George Saputra, IRATA, Jakarta, Java, Indonesia. 2 St. Augustine Alligator Farm, Florida, USA. services if required. Although the cause of the die-off has Yosapong Temsiripong, “Sriracha Moda” and “Crocodile & yet to be confi rmed, it appears that it was an isolated event Ostrich Cooperative of Thailand”, Thailand. without signifi cant repercussions for the Gharial population Virginia Aquarium and and Marine Science Center as a whole. Foundation, Virginia Beach, VA, USA. N. Wall Consulting, USA. The CSG Regional Chair for East and Southeast Asia, Dr. Toshinori Tsubouchi, advised that the defence counsel in a Contributors ($250 - $1000) recent court case involving the importation of crocodiles from Thailand to Japan claimed that the species was a hybrid (C. Alligator Adventures, SC, USA. siamensis x C. porosus), and therefore CITES regulations did East Coast Zoological Society (Brevard Zoo), FL, USA. not apply. However, hybrids are regulated by CITES through Carl Camden, Kelly Services Inc., USA. Resolution Conf. 10.17 (Rev. CoP14) Animal hybrids. Where Simone Comparini, Pantera S.R.L., S. Croce s/Arno, Italy. at least one of the lineages of a hybrid is included in Appendix James Hennessey, Reptile Village Zoo, Ireland. I, then the specimen shall be deemed to be on Appendix I. Indonesian Crocodile Farmers Association, Indonesia. Where both lineages are on Appendix II, then the specimen Vic Mercado, Microlab, Philippines. shall be deemed to be on Appendix II. The Ebey family, New Mexico, USA. Nao Thouk, Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Around 15,000 crocodiles from the Rakwena Crocodile Farm in South Africa were released amid heavy rains and fl ooding. The farm owners were forced to open the gates to prevent a Editorial storm surge. Many of the crocodiles have been re-caught, but a signifi cant number remain at large. One crocodile turned up The 16th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES on a school rugby pitch some 120 km away. (CoP16) was held in March 2013, together with the 64th meeting of the CITES Standing Committee (SC64). The On 22 March 2013, Crocodylus Porous Philippines Inc. (CPPI) meetings were attended by 26 CSG members, participating on reintroduced 36 Philippine Crocodiles (C. mindorensis) into Party delegations or as non-government and inter-government Paghongawan Marsh, near Jaboy village, on Siargao Island. organisations, including myself, Deputy Chairman Alejandro This is the fi rst stage of a long-term reintroduction program Larriera and Executive Offi cer Tom Dacey. aimed at re-establishing C. mindorensis populations in the wild. The crocodiles were captive-bred by CPPI members, At SC64, the current suspension in trade of Crocodylus and were around 0.6 m TL in size. The reintroduction site niloticus from Madagascar was again subject to discussion was chosen after extensive assessment of potential areas, and review by the Working Group allocated to this task. in terms of ecological and social (people) factors. Saltwater Again, progress had been made by Madagascar, but only with crocodiles (C. porosus) are known to inhabit coastal areas of some of the recommendations. Hence the suspension was not the island, but no C. mindorensis are known to have been lifted. At CoP 16, amendment proposals seeking the transfer there previously. A detailed report on this important program of C. porosus and C. siamensis in Thailand from Appendix is on pages 15-17. I to Appendix II was not approved by the Parties. Similarly, a proposal to transfer a Colombian population of C. acutus It is good to see new distribution records for the Philippine from Appendix I to Appendix II was not approved. The Parties crocodile in the highlands of Lake Sebu (southern Mindanao) also agreed to amend Resolution Conf. 9.24 (Rev. CoP15), (see pages 13-15) and the American crocodile (C. acutus) so that the ranching resolution [Resolution Conf. 11.16 (Rev. on the Isla del Rey (Panama) (see pages 10-13). Sadly, in CoP15)] remained a serparate pathway to Appendix II. A February 2013 we learned that Lolong, the largest Saltwater detailed summary on CoP16 and SC64 is provided on pages crocodile in captivity, had died at the Bunawan Eco-Park, 4-6. Agusan del Sur, Southern Philippines (see page 15). Following on from discussions at the 21st CSG meeting Fauna & Flora International (FFI) has launched an (May 2011), an American Crocodile Workshop was held in emergency public appeal to raise funds to save a portion of Miami, Florida, in February 2013. With over 80 people from the wild Siamese crocodile population in Cambodia. The four countries and four US States participating, the workshop infl ux of workers and roads associated with the construction resulted in a successful exchange of information that can of a hydropower dam in Western Cambodia’s Cardamom assist NGOs and Government authorities in Jamaica to Mountains is seen as a major threat to a small breeding address conservation and management issues with C. acutus. population of C. siamensis. It is proposed that crocodiles be A summary of the workshop is on pages 6-7. relocated from the area and monitored by radio-telemetry and surveys to assess the success of relocations. The construction In February 2013 the CSG received information from the of the dam will greatly expand the amount of aquatic habitat Madras Crocodile Bank Trust on the die-off of around 15 available for Siamese crocodiles, and could represent a future Gharials (Gavialis gangeticus) in the Chambal River. All three site for reintroduction of the species. These types of projects State Forestry Departments in India were alerted immediately, have led to increased crocodilian populations elsewhere (eg and several CSG members working in the area offered their Australia, Zimbabwe, Egypt). 3 The Chelonia Association has launched a website (http:// 16th Conference of the Parties to CITES caimanllanero.jimdo.com) to disseminate information on the natural history and other aspects of the Orinoco crocodile (3-14 March 2013) (C. intermedius), and at the same time inform the public and about
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