Posted in Conservation, Foreign News, Lizards, Reptiles, Snakes, U.S. News
Leave a comment
We talked a little about the plight of the Philippine Crocodiles being the most endangered in the world. Well they jumped on the conservation bandwagon faster than any country I have ever seen. Today they released 19 Baby Crocodiles into the wild that have been raised in captivity for the last 18 months. Now the trick is to see if they survive. I think many of us all over the world could learn a thing or 2 of the outstanding response to this problem.
Police in Los Lunas report that while answering a call at a home for a domestic dispute they found several pot plants as well as processed pot in bags. While working the scene they heard a noise behind some boxes and were informed it was the womans pet 2 foot Alligator. She was promptly arrested and charged with possession of marijuana plants, possession of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia. The alligator was turned over to Los Lunas Animal Control.
Everyone will be happy to know the 5 foot Monitor that has been wandering Riverside county for a couple of days and giving the media a Godzilla feeding frenzy and pissing off herpers all the same has been reunited with his keepers. 2 year old Elmer escaped out a door that was carelessly left opened by a child while his cage was being cleaned and he was left to wander. Animals services also went as far as to report that they have no heard of any missing pets in the area…………….yet.
According to the world conservation union the Philippine crocodile will be extinct in 10 years if conservation efforts dont start immediate. It is said that the critical endangered Crocodile numbers at only about 100 animals in the wild. Currently it is the most endangered Cocodilian in the world and the law prohibits hunting, killing, selling, and buying of the species. Violators are fined P100,000.
A 4 year old boy inadvertently stepped on a Brown Snake and was promptly bitten on both feet. His mother quickly applied a tourniquet on both legs and kept the boy calm until he was transported to the hospital where he was placed on a 24 hour observation in the ICU. When the day was done no antivenin had to be given to the boy. More people who live in areas where snakes are in abundance or even people who visit these areas should be educated in the proper way to handle snake bites.