Firstly, I have posted this here as I find 'General Herp Chat' is not as well frequented and that left 'Off Topic' which this is not, however if someone feels the need to move it be my guest.
Now, at my last local reptile group meeting we got asked the question 'What does your club do?' and apart from the usual (having very informative talks, getting drunk, seeing other peoples animals, meeting like-minded people etc) we don't actually support any causes, which we thought as a group would be something fun we could do, and I think (not 100% confirmed yet) this year we are going to fund-raise for the Blue Iguana:
(Cyclura lewisi) is a critically endangered animal that lives on the island of Grand Cayman. It is currently estimated that only a mere 25 animals still survive; the wild population is expected to be extinct within the first decade of the twenty-first century. The animals' demise is mainly driven by human pets (cats and dogs) and indirectly by the destruction of their natural habitat as fruit farms are converted to cattle grazing.
Since 2004, 219 captive-bred iguanas have been released into a preserve on Grand Cayman run by a partnership headed by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, in an attempt to save the crtically endangered species. Some success with naturally-laid eggs has been reported.
I was actually thinking has anything like this been discussed before on here? I will set up a poll in a bit to find out interest but I was wondering firstly to the moderators whether it would be something they would consider doing? Also any ideas on what we could support would be great.
Edited: I didn't mean in my club I meant as a forum, in case of any confusion.
Now, at my last local reptile group meeting we got asked the question 'What does your club do?' and apart from the usual (having very informative talks, getting drunk, seeing other peoples animals, meeting like-minded people etc) we don't actually support any causes, which we thought as a group would be something fun we could do, and I think (not 100% confirmed yet) this year we are going to fund-raise for the Blue Iguana:
(Cyclura lewisi) is a critically endangered animal that lives on the island of Grand Cayman. It is currently estimated that only a mere 25 animals still survive; the wild population is expected to be extinct within the first decade of the twenty-first century. The animals' demise is mainly driven by human pets (cats and dogs) and indirectly by the destruction of their natural habitat as fruit farms are converted to cattle grazing.
Since 2004, 219 captive-bred iguanas have been released into a preserve on Grand Cayman run by a partnership headed by the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, in an attempt to save the crtically endangered species. Some success with naturally-laid eggs has been reported.
I was actually thinking has anything like this been discussed before on here? I will set up a poll in a bit to find out interest but I was wondering firstly to the moderators whether it would be something they would consider doing? Also any ideas on what we could support would be great.
Edited: I didn't mean in my club I meant as a forum, in case of any confusion.
