STOLEN TURTLES!

Please excuse the cross postings and to list serves where turtles may not be the main subject. I feel this is a notice that needs to be put out there……..never know when someone may come across something that will help! Lets hope for the safe return of these animals. Sharon V.P. & Co-Adoptions Orange County Chapter of the CTTC The following turtles were stolen from John Richards’ Loggerhead Acres near Springfield, Missouri on_Ǖ__ Saturday night/Sunday morning August 14th 2004:_Ǖ__ 3450 (approx.) alligator snapper eggs4 Argentine sidenecks 12 – 15_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ Phrynops hillari5 Mexican giant musk 8 – 10_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ Staurotypus triporcatus41 Northern diamondback terrapins, 35 @ 8_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ and 6 @ 3_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ malactemys terrapene 10 Cagles map turtles 2.5_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ and one male @ 3.5_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ Graptemys caglei 14 Pink bellied sidenecks 6 – 8_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ Emydura subglobosa 4 Vietnamesese temple turtle @ 7 – 8_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ 2 @ 3_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ CITES 1114 Rio Grande Cooters 13 @ 1.75_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ 1 @ 7_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ male Pseudemys conecinn gorzugi6 Indonesian sidenecks @ 11_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ Elseya brandehorsti 800 (approx.) redear slider hatchlings Pseudemys scripta elegans2 Barbour_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__s map turtles @ 2.5 inches Graptemys barbouri11 Japanese Reeve_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__s turtles 6 – 8_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ 2 @ 1.5_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ Chinemys reevesi 2 European pond turtles @ 7_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ Emys orbicularis8 Japanese pond turtles @ 8_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ Mauremys japonica 16 Spotted turtles @ 4_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ Clemmys guttata3 Chinese yellow pond turtles @ 5 – 6_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ Mauremys mutica 1 Painted river terrapin @ 11_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ Callagur borneoensis 2 alligator snappers @ 2.5_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ macroclemys temniinckii, 1 @ 9_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__3 alligator snappers 40 to 70 lbs. 17 – 19_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__1 7″ leucistic alligator snapper, 1 @ 4_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ and 9 @ 2.5_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ 5 common snapper hatchlings g 1.25_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ Chelydra serpentina serpentina 7 redear sliders @ 3_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ Pseudemys scripta elegans1 pastel redear @ 5_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ _Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ _Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ _Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__1 Cafifornia Kingsnake @ 3_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__1 alligator snapper shell @ 24_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__ length 1 alligator snapper skull @ 8_Ǖ___Ǖ___Ǖ__6 Geoffrey’s sidenecks_Ǖ__ @ 7 – 12 “_Ǖ__ * Please keep an eye out for these animals._Ǖ__ Some will not be easy to move without causing some interest._Ǖ__ Drop John a note at macrojon@… or call him him at 1-417-736-9114 if you have any information._Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ _Ǖ__ As you can see, this is a huge theft and represents a significant portion of John’s current and future financial livelihood._Ǖ__ Let’s solve this one for John (one of the hardest working and most honest guys out there)_Ǖ__ and for the turtle community._Ǖ__ Thank you -_Ǖ__ Russ GurleyTTPGwww.ttpg.org[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor THE TURTLENUTZ……. Tom & Sharon turtlenutz@…