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Gibbons, P. M., Light, C., & Goode, E. , First repatriation of a threatened chelonian species captive-bred outside its native range country - abstract. Unpublished paper presented at Program and Abstracts of the Tenth Annual Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles.
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| Resource type: Conference Paper BibTeX citation key: Gibbons2013 View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Genetik - genetics, Habitat - habitat, Schildkröten - turtles + tortoises, Südostasien - South East Asia, Testudinidae, Testudo hermanni, Veterinärmedizin - veterinary medicine Creators: Gibbons, Goode, Light Collection: Program and Abstracts of the Tenth Annual Symposium on the Conservation and Biology of Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles |
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Cuora trifasciata The Golden Coin Turtle is Critically Endangered and was uplisted to Appendix I of CITES in 2013. It has been captive-bred extensively in China for food and in comparably small numbers in conservation breeding programs around-the-world. The Turtle Conservancy’s (TC) Behler Chelonian Center first hatched this species in 2011, and these turtles were repatriated to the captive-breeding program of Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) and the Agriculture, Fisheries, and Conservation Department (AFCD) of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government. Their program is leading the way to a sustainable population in the natural range. Breeding threatened turtles for reintroduction is difficult enough, and repatriation of offspring from a program outside the native range country requires that all the IUCN Guidelines are carefully executed. In 2012, TC joined KFBG and AFCD to pioneer the process of repatriating captive-bred chelonians for a reintroduction program. The overall program requires: 1) building a body of knowledge to describe the native range, genetic variability, conservation status, and major threats; 2) establishing a captive-breeding program very near the native range of the species; 3) determining whether outside stock would benefit the in-range program; 4) collaborating to determine whether the genetic lineage of the captive-bred animals (both in and outside the native range) is appropriate for reintroduction; 5) determining sex ratio necessary for a self-sustaining wild population; 6) determining incubation parameters to produce the appropriate sex ratio; 7) incubating eggs for this sex ratio; 8) confirming the sex of captive-hatched animals; 9) raising captive-bred turtles that can survive in the wild; 10) managing immunity to minimize the risk that disease will prevent the integrated (wild-born + captive-born) population from becoming self-sustaining; 11) obtaining permits for international shipment; 12) performing species-appropriate diagnostic testing, treatment, and quarantine according to IUCN guidelines; 13) defining appropriate “soft-release” protocol for the species; 14) identifying appropriate release site; 15) monitoring released animals to quantify success; and finally, 16) continuing to ensure threats against the wild population are mitigated.
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