Fourth European Freshwater Turtle Breeders’ Convention
organized by CHELONIA 2002 Freshwater Turtle Breeding Center
Rotterdam, The Netherlands, March 5-7, 2010
Location: Blijdorp Zoological Garden
Diergaarde Blijdorp
Blijdorplaan 8
3041 JC Rotterdam
Tel.: (010) 443 14 95
Website:
www.diergaardeblijdorp.nlOrganization:
Ferry Grünewald,
pelusios1973@gmail.comRegistration:
International visitors:
members and candidates of Chelonia 2002 only! Please register with Harald Artner -
dr.h.artner@aon.atDutch visitors:
please register with Ferry Grünewald -
pelusios1973@gmail.comAttendance fees: the entrance fee to the Zoo is Euro 18 each day. The symposium itself is free of charge!
Important: Conference language will be English only. Note that participation cannot be guaranteed without prior registration! For information about accommodation contact Ferry Grünewald - pelusios1973@gmail.com
Preliminary Program
Friday, March 5
19:00 Meeting and dinner.
Location: Restaurant "See You See Me", Hartmansstraat 31, 3012 VA Rotterdam,
phone 010-2809331.
Saturday, March 6
09:00 Welcome speech – Harald ARTNER & Ferry GRÜNEWALD
09:15 Multiple years of breeding the West African Mud Turtle Pelusios castaneus – Ferry GRÜNEWALD, Zaandam, The Netherlands
10:00 Breeding both Chinese Four-eyed Turtles Sacalia bealei and Sacalia quadriocellata – Gerhard WIDMANN, Mauerbach, Austria
10:30 Coffee break
11:00 Captive propagation and breeding of the four species of the South American sideneck turtle genus Acanthochelys – Harald ARTNER, Sitzenberg-Reidling, Austria & Oliver RÖMPP, Dewangen, Germany
11:45 Keeping and breeding the Spotted Turtle Clemmys guttata - Ruben LYBAERT, Evergem, Belgium
12:15 Lunch break
13:00 Investigations on Terrapene carolina carolina in the Jug Bay Sanctuary and consequences for the keeper of this species – Beate PFAU, Aarbergen, Germany
13:45 Break to visit the turtle enclosures of the zoo.
15:30 Experiences with breeding the Golden-headed Box Turtle Cuora pani aurocapitata in F2 generation – Ron DE BRUIN, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
16:15 Field tripping in Australia, a turtle paradise - Paul VAN SLOUN, Echt, The Netherlands
19:00 Dinner at Restaurant "See You See Me", Hartmansstraat 31, 3012 VA Rotterdam,
phone 010-2809331.
OPEN END
Sunday, March 7
09:00 Keeping and breeding the Black-breasted Leaf Turtle Geoemyda spengleri – Andreas HOFER, Krenglbach, Austria
09:30 The breeding project for the Brown Wood Turtle Rhinoclemmys annulata in Ecuador – Ferry GRÜNEWALD, Zaandam, The Netherlands
10:00 Coffee break
10:30 Breeding the Common Snake-neck Turtle Chelodina longicollis – Oliver RÖMPP, Dewangen, Germany
11:15 Breeding the Burmese Flapshell Turtle Lissemys scutata – Harald ARTNER, Sitzenberg-Reidling, Austria
End of the conference at approximately 12:00 noon.
