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If you own reptiles, amphibians, or other cold-blooded animals, and live in the
San Francisco Bay Area, stop in and check us out. We have
monthly meetings at the
Cubberly Community Center in Palo Alto, Ca.
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"2008 - Year Of The Frog"
In May we will have Ned McAllister,
a biologist formerly with the
California Academy of Sciences presenting on
"2008 - Year of the Frog".
Ned will be discussing topics such as the declining amphibian populations, captive husbandry,
habitat design, and species propagation. Ned recently designed 3 frog habitats for the
San Francisco Zoo: one for
Giant Monkey Frogs, one for four different species of
poison dart frogs, and a habitat for
Smokey Jungle frogs and
Mountain Chicken frogs.
Bring a friend -- This will be one presentation you will NOT want to miss!
Doors will open at 7:30PM and the meeting will start at 8:00PM.
Visitors are always welcome at our meetings.
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Six Rare Blue Iguanas Found Brutally Killed
Six critically endangered Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas were killed by unknown persons late on
Saturday evening (5/3/08), in the Queen Elizabeth II Botanical Park.
The crime was discovered by volunteers with the National Trust's Blue Iguana Recovery Program (BIRP)
shortly after 9am on Sunday morning.
The Blue Iguana, Cyclura lewisi is listed as critically endangered
by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), and is only found on Grand Cayman Island, a small island in the
Carribean just south of Cuba. In 2001 a survey revealed that there were only about 25 Blue Iguanas
remaining from the wild populations. In the last 7 years BIRP has worked to understand these
wonderous animals, obtain and develop habitat to support them, and now has an active breeding colony
and are breeding and rearing over 80 Blue Iguanas a year, with the potential to release over
80 two-year-olds annually into protected areas.
This awful tragedy has dealt a devestating blow to this program, with a loss of nearly 20% of their
breeding adults. For more information or to make a donation to this worthy cause, please visit:
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BAARS publishes a monthly newsletter
for its members that is packed with reptile tidbits
and information. In addition, the club has a large library of reptile books, magazines and videos,
and members receive discounts at several
reptile stores.
At our meetings we often have speakers on
subjects such as conservation, care and medical treatment, captive breeding, field studies,
as well as many other interesting areas of herpetology.
We also have workshops where people can bring their pets, relate their many experiences,
and share their knowledge.
In addition, BAARS organizes and participates in a number of live
shows, exhibits, and presentations.
Our members have a wide variety of herps which can be seen and usually handled at our
meetings and events.
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