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Tony Simmons
Howdy everyone. We had a great visit with a game warden today. He came with a friend of his to visit and see what we’ve got. One thing he pointed out is that in Texas, the TX DBT is listed as threatened, so if you live in TX and have the TX DBT, you need a permit. He gave me a phone number to call to verify which permits will work (and which ones I need and don’t need to run the sanctuary). This is the person he calls when he’s not sure, so this person is an authority! As soon as I know which permits work, I’ll post. The only subspecies this relates to is the one indigenous to TX. I didn’t know that the game wardens allow people to ride along, and this one said that we’ve got a couple who are based closer to here. Hopefully I’ll be able to visit with them and get them to be regular visitors here. 🙂 It’s been an awesome day.
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Tony; Please do let us know what you find out as I have not heard of Texas dbts being listed as threatened in the state. The Texas Parks & Wildlife website does not presently list M. t. littoralis as a threatened species. The only turtles listed as threatened or endangered for Texas are: Turtles State Status Federal Status (Listed) Loggerhead Sea TurtleCaretta caretta Threatened Threatened Green Sea TurtleChelonia mydas Threatened Threatened Atlantic Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata Endangered Endangered Kemp’s Ridley Sea TurtleLepidochelys kempii Endangered Endangered Alligator Snapping TurtleMacrochelys temminckii Threatened Leatherback Sea TurtleDermochelys coriacea Endangered Endangered Cagle’s Map TurtleGraptemys caglei Threatened Federal Candidate for Listing Chihuahuan Mud TurtleKinosternon hirtipes Threatened Texas TortoiseGopherus berlandieri Threatened Texas has a non-game commerical permitting system which applies to anyone possessing 25 or more wild animals listed as Texas species. There are a couple of different permits (collector verses dealer) with annual reporting requirements and specific rules for collecting and transactions. All of the info. is accessible through the TPWD web page under “Wildlife Permits.” Perhaps your visitors were referring to the need for you to have one of these wildlife permits to posses 25 or more turtles native to Texas? Todd Tony Simmons -
That is the first time I have ever heard anything about people needing a permit to own a Texas dbts. Did he say if you were still allowed to breed them in Texas? Jonathan http://www.diamondbackterrapin.com Todd Stockwell
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