A quick comment: As far as sharing the poaching presentations, that would be up to the presenters at the DTWG workshop... On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 12:40 PM Marguerite Whilden < tidewater1 at mac.com > wrote: > Following up on Barbara’s comments regarding the recent poaching > presentations - is there anyway I can get copies of these? Also, what is > the TED resolution/position paper, audience, and expected outcome? > Many thanks > > On Oct 30, 2019, at 11:47 AM, TURNER < redknot at optonline.net > wrote: > > Hi everyone The idea of a DTWG resolution/position paper concerning the > value of TED's was discussed and supported during Sunday's breakout session > on by-catch at the recent DBT symposium. I have drafted many resolutions, > having worked for various elected officials. Would you like for me to take > a crack at a first draft? > > > John Turner > > Seatuck Environmental Association > > New York > > On October 18, 2019 at 10:02 AM "Roosenburg, Willem" < roosenbu at ohio.edu > > wrote: > > I think this is part of what Joe was trying to get at with his talk,. – > that we have a “limited access” national database. adding PIT tag numbers > to this database could be useful > > > Barbara, you mentioned that the source of the tag had been identified, > would you be so kind as to share that information – at least did it > originate from a wild population and if so what state. > > > Cheers, > > Willem > > Willem M Roosenburg > > > President, Herpetologists’ League > > Director, Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies > > Department of Biological Sciences > > 247 Life Sciences Building > > Ohio University > > Athens, Ohio 45701 > > > Office: 740.593.9669 > > Mobile: 740.503.4983 > > FAX: 740.593.0300 > > > > https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmalaclemys.weebly.com&data=02%7C01%7Cdtwg%40listserv.ohio.edu%7C9a1acb0e9aee45fb6cbc08d75d75568b%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637080630857158343&sdata=5RawOkvMJiRk1pN1bAuqyslrcJFdQ0NKZdmn%2F1gsg%2FI%3D&reserved=0 > > > "All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us." > -- Gandalf, Fellowship of the Ring > > "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another without loss of > enthusiasm." > --Sir Winston Churchill > > > *From:* Dtwg < dtwg-bounces at listserv.ohio.edu > *On Behalf Of *Barbara > Brennessel > *Sent:* Wednesday, October 16, 2019 8:25 PM > *To:* Marguerite Whilden < tidewater1 at mac.com > > *Cc:* Dtwg at listserv.ohio.edu > *Subject:* Re: [Dtwg] Captive PIT tagged terrapin > > > This is an interesting idea. I leave it to the leadership of the DTWG to > decide on a policy and devise a method to share this information. Perhaps > the tagging efforts could be shared at regional meetings and then collected > at the next national meeting... > > > On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 6:25 PM Marguerite Whilden < tidewater1 at mac.com > > wrote: > > Regarding the tagged terrapin discovered at a reptile show, it would be > helpful to have a readily available chart describing all terrapin tagging > efforts. If not already established there should be a code of ethics > adopted by any/all researchers permitted by States to tag wild terrapins > that would require an effort to notify the source of the original tag. (The > Maryland Scientific Collection Permit once required such notification.) I > learned recently that terrapins with Terrapin Institute tags and other > obvious telltale marks on the shell were discovered in the Chesapeake. > Unfortunately there was no effort to identify the original tagger and > report such findings because the researcher was unaware of any other > tagging programs. The Terrapin Institute has posted several photos > depicting examples of our various tagging techniques beginning with our > 1998 tags. > Might there be any interest among this membership to compile a chart of > tagging efforts and develop a code of ethics? > > > On Oct 16, 2019, at 12:15 PM, Barbara Brennessel < bbrennes at wheatonma.edu > > wrote: > > > > Thank you for all your responses. We identified the area from which the > captive PIT tagged terrapin originated. Law enforcement is now in the > picture. > > > > It's quite a coincidence that this was reported just after the DTWG > workshop in Wilmington at which there were a couple of talks that mentioned > poaching. > > > > -- > > Barbara Brennessel, Ph.D. > > Professor Emerita > > Wheaton College > > Norton, MA 02766 > > > > cell:508-479-6553 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dtwg mailing list > > Dtwg at listserv.ohio.edu > > https://listserv.ohio.edu/mailman/listinfo/dtwg > > > > > -- > > Barbara Brennessel, Ph.D. > > Professor Emerita > > Wheaton College > > Norton, MA 02766 > > > cell:508-479-6553 > > > > > >
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