Does anyone know if the state laws about turtle and tortoise EGGS is the same and the laws about the animals themselves?
Turtle EGG laws?
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The regulation in California speaks to tortoises and eggs.
Thanks!
Turtle eggs is a little vegg . What you trying to not ask ?
Grandpa Turtle 144 said:
I'm not trying to "not ask" anything- if I'm vague then it just means I did not word my question well.
In a recent thread I asked about how people went about successfully removing eggs from road-killed turtles. Several members have successfully removed, incubated and hatched babies that would otherwise have died inside their dead mother's body. The reason for my recent interest is that here in Louisiana we have a lot of turtles anyway, but there will soon be major road construction near my house where a lot of green space around a river is going to be demolished so that a bridge can be widened. I expect a lot of turtles to be displaced, resulting in more than our usual amount of road-kill this coming spring. Our laws state that we can only have 4 box turtles. I was trying to figure out if I found a recent road killed female and retrieved the eggs, can i only take 4 for incubation? If I already had 3 or 4 incubating and found or was given more eggs, then i may not be able to legally incubate them. Someone else would have to do it, or I would have to try burying them near another body of water in a safer area (and just hope for the best), or they would just be left to expire.
In a way, I hope I don't get faced with a recent road-kill because I'm just not sure I have what it takes to pick through the body and retrieve unlaid eggs. But I would feel bad for not trying. Given how often I see them, I fear there's a pretty good chance I'll be faced with that challenge. I hope I'm up to it.
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Associate yourself with a natural history center, college, boy scout troop, etc. Then if in your citizen science advocacy of conservation gets in the press, both your actual actions and the idea of what you are doing will benefit your local turtles. IMO, it is ok to be pushy about making something like this happen. In your eggectomy thread, I commented about an effort at the Wetlands Insitute.
There must be a licensed wildlife rehaber in your area that would welcome your interest and help, and put you as a volunteer in there permit/authority.
Maybe, as your state has an actual farm advisor in their ag extension office for turtle farmers, they may have resources that would make it come together. Maybe even a turtle farm there could be persuaded to get involved?
There must be a licensed wildlife rehaber in your area that would welcome your interest and help, and put you as a volunteer in there permit/authority.
Maybe, as your state has an actual farm advisor in their ag extension office for turtle farmers, they may have resources that would make it come together. Maybe even a turtle farm there could be persuaded to get involved?
Lots of good ideas, Will- thanks!
I don't think they would limit you to four eggs.
I'll call Wildlife and Fisheries this week, and will post what I find out.
