The Turtle Survival Alliance, 10/14 Speaker. R. Hudson,

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: The Turtle Survival Alliance, Everyone Has a Role, Speaker Rick Hudson. : Sunday 14 October, 11:00 A.M. at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City. : TSA is probably the first group to actively seek to join herpetologists, zookeepers, breeders and dealers in an effort to save turtles from extinction. : Sponsored by the New York Turtle & Tortoise Society. Enter on 77th Street : between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue (indicate to guard you are : attending the Turtle and Tortoise Society meeting for admission to the : Museum). : Take mass transit. The C or B (the local) to 81st Street,and just go upstairs) or the 1 or 9 to 79th Street and then walk East to the Museum.) : Rick Hudson, conservation biologist at the Fort Worth Zoo, is co-chair of the : Turtle Survival Alliance. Rick was the Assistant Reptile Curator for twenty : years before moving to the zoo's Conservation Department. He is best known : for his conservation work with lizards, specifically iguanas: he is chairman : of the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) Lizard Advisory Group, : coordinator of the Rock Iguana Species Survival Plan, and deputy-chair of the : IUCN West Indian Rock Iguana Specialist Group. : The Fort Worth Zoos chelonian collection was recently reorganized in response : to the Asian Turtle Crisis, and species Rick is currently working with at the : zoo include Manouria impressa, Cuora pani, Cuora trifasciata, Geoclemys : hamiltonii, Callagur borneoensis, and Geoemyda spengleri. The Fort Worth Zoo : successfully bred Manouria emys phayrei in 1983, and Rick maintains a sizable : group of Manouria e. emys at home. Rick also serves on the steering committee : of the AZA Chelonian Advisory Group, and he organized and chaired the Asian : Turtle Workshop in Fort Worth in January of this year. : The Turtle Survival Alliance is an IUCN Partnership Network for Sustainable Captive Management of Freshwater : Turtles and Tortoises: Preserving Options for the Recovery of Wild : Populations. : The Partners are individuals and institutions who are participating in the : conservation and captive breeding plans for turtle species. Only TSA members, : as defined by the Steering Committee, will be invited to join or accepted as : members of this community. : How to become invloved with the TSA will be a part of Mr. Hudson's : presentation, and those details will be posted in the post meeting NYTTSnews.

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