World Turtle News, 07/02/2017

Smithsonian’s National Zoo Celebrates Monumental Step Forward In Conservation

The Smithsonian’s National Zoo has a success to be proud of. After ten dedicated years of research and husbandry, two Cuora bourreti finally emerged from painstakingly incubated eggs. Lauren Augustine, the manager of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ Species Survival Plan studbook for the species said that after years of infertile eggs and premature fatalities, this success is an incredible accomplishment. She reports that the success is likely due to a lower than normal brumation temperature during the previous winter, as well as communication of valuable information with other zoos, rescues, and breeders. Augustine also works to ensure sufficient genetic diversity within the Species Survival Plan studbook program. Due to poaching the species is declining at a rapid rate and organizations such as the Turtle Survival Alliance are partnering with zoos to ensure that these turtles are here for years to come.

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Photo from nationalzoo.si.edu.

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