By Herp News In March 2012 poachers struck a South African game reserve. They drugged three rhinos and hacked off their horns, inflicting massive facial trauma to the immobile but unanesthetized animals. Wildlife veterinarian Will Fowlds attended to the victims. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Jun 24
Jun 24
To the rescue: Helping threatened Mediterranean sea turtles
By Herp News With all sea turtles being currently on the list of endangered species, authors now offer a critical review of what is being done towards saving injured Mediterranean loggerhead and green turtles. They also call for further development and implementation of rescue centers, first-aid stations and awareness campaigns. Go to Source …read more […]
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Wedding bells and sand snakes
Whenever I am visiting an another state or city, I make sure that I get in touch with a snake rescuer in that area. And that is exactly what I did when I was leaving for Nagpur with my family. Nagpur is a district in Maharashtra which is about a day’s drive away from my […]
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Los Angeles zoo home to rare baby Gray's monitor lizards
The latest clutch of Gray’s monitor lizards hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo is just the second time Gray’s monitors were born in captivity in the Western Hemisphere. From My News LA: Gray’s monitor lizards had long been considered extinct in the wild until some were discovered in 1975 on islands in the Philippines. The […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Frilled Dragon
It isn’t shocking that movie’s have taken inspriation for dinosaurs from our reptiles. This frilled dragon in our herp photo of the day is a prime example, uploaded by kingsnake.com user frilly! Be sure to tell frilly you liked it here! Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see […]
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