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Red-eared terrapin farms and conservation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Clifford Warwick
Clifford Warwick
Affiliation:
People's Trust for Endangered Species, Hamble House, Meadrow, Godalming, Surrey GU7 3JX, UK.
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Abstract

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Taking animals from the wild to supply the pet trade is often a cause for concern, both on welfare and conservation grounds. The red-eared terrapin Pseudemys scripta elegans is just one subspecies involved, and its survival in certain parts of its range is under threat as a result.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 20 , Issue 4 , October 1986 , pp. 237 - 240
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1986

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