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From: Steve Grenard <grenard@con2.com>
Subject: TORTOISE THEFT FROM TYGERBERG ZOO, SOUTH AFRICA

>Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 04:26:49 -0500
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>From: "ERNST BAARD" <baarde@cncjnk.wcape.gov.za>
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>Subject: TORTOISE THEFT FROM TYGERBERG ZOO, SOUTH AFRICA
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>On behalf of Mr John Spence, Director of the Tygerberg Zoopark, Kraaifontein,
>South Africa, I am reporting a theft of terrestrial tortoises from the
>well-established terrestrial tortoise breeding group at Tygerberg Zoo. Some 10
>animals were removed, presumably during the weekend of March 28-30. The species
>involved are as follows:
>
>Psammobates geometricus (1 male and 3 females, one of which carries eggs),
>Testudo radiata (1),
>Homopus signatus signatus (1),
>Homopus femoralis (1),
>Kinixys spekii (2),
>Kinixys lobatsiana (1).
>
>The animals were removed from a chain-link fenced enclosure situated next
to the
>director's residence (in an attempt to prevent theft!!). No visitors to the zoo
>are allowed inside the enclosure, and the curator of reptiles, Ms Tamara
>Harris-Smith, only handles tortoises on special request for photographs.
>
>Subscribers to this list are requested to be on the look-out for any of the
>above animals, and to post this message to other interested colleagues.
>
>I will try and stay abreast of developments in this regard and post any 
>information.
>
>Kind regards
>***********************************************************
>Dr Ernst H.W. Baard
>Cape Nature Conservation
>Private Bag 5014
>Stellenbosch
>7599
>South Africa
>
>Fax: +21-8871606
>
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