Shelled Warriors Forums - Tortoise Welfare UK Conference 8th-10th November

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Originally Posted by Catwoman63 (Post 623020)

I've got to try and attend one of these if I can :)

Look forward to meeting you : ) update hot off press Eleanor Tirtasana: from Tortoise Welfare Uk & Tortoise Club will be talking about ‘Helping the British Tortoise – Where are we with tortoise welfare in the UK, a year on?’ at this year's tortoise conference at Colchester zoo on Sat 9th Nov 2013! Entry fee include goodie bag, access to trade stands, lunch, entrance to zoo at lunchtime. Find out more and book at www.tortoisewelfare.co.uk : ) Hope you can join us!

9.00 am Arrival, Registration and Coffee
10.00 am Welcome and introduction by Conference Chair, Venetia Rist
10.10 am Eleanor Tirtasana: ‘Helping the British Tortoise – Where are we with tortoise welfare in the UK, a year on?’

10.45 am Dr Richard Struijk: ‘Husbandry and captive breeding of Cuora picturata – an introduction to working with a rare and colourful Asian fresh water turtle’

11.20 am Morning Break
11.35 am Richard Fry: ‘Microchipping advances and chipping of reptiles – explaining the science and advantages behind tortoise microchipping’

12.15 pm Lunch
1.30 pm Dr Ryan Walker: ‘Madagascan Tortoise Conservation Crisis, field report including Ploughshare, Radiated and Spider Tortoises– Stunning images and work to save these unique and beautiful animals’

2.00 pm Dr David Williams: ‘The chelonian eye close up – Case studies and what they can teach us’

2.45 pm Afternoon tea
3.15 pm Iain Cope & Sarah Pellett: ‘New approaches to improving chelonian medicine – Working with UK keepers and groups to improve medicine’

3.45 pm Speaker’s question time / Raffle Draw
4.30 pm Close of conference

*Breaks and Lunch there are trade stands and displays to browse.

Saturday, 9th November, 2013
Main Conference Day
10.00am till 4.30pm (6 CPD hours)
Day of short Conference lectures on
Practical Approaches to Chelonian
Conservation and Welfare
Annual day of rare and engaging speakers, who will not fail to educate, inspire and captivate
Provisional speakers
Iain Cope BSc(VetSci)(Hons) CertAVP(ZooMed) BVM&S MRCVS ‘new medical approaches to improving chelonian medicine’, consultant in Exotic Animal Medicine and Surgery. Iain has spent all of his working life treating and looking after exotic pets, and has talked at, and attended, national and international CPD meetings. As a result, he has extensive post graduate training and a wealth of experience. Sarah Pellett BSc(Hons)MA,VetMB,CertAVP(ZooMed)MRCVS. Since graduating from Cambridge University in 2006, Sarah has worked in small animal and exotic first opinion and referral practice and has recently gained the RCVS Certificate Advanced Veterinary Practice in Zoo Medicine. She has a wide range of professional interests including exotic surgery and medicine. Iain and Sarah will be collaboratively presenting practical medical approaches to improving chelonian conservation and welfare.
Eleanor Tirtasana, Tortoise Welfare UK – Tortoise Club ‘Helping the British Tortoise – Where are we with tortoise welfare in the UK, a year on?’ Eleanor has been involved with tortoise husbandry and healthcare for over 15 years. She has worked closely with the Norfolk Tortoise Club since the start, an organisation which strives to improve the welfare of tortoises in captivity. She offered consultation services to many practices, and give many tortoise lectures and presentations to groups and societies. Eleanor actively runs chelonian education, as well as lecturing and consulting internationally.
Richard Fry, Micro-ID ‘Microchipping advances and chipping of reptiles’ Company Director, Richard Fry, has over 20 years of experience in the industry and works with many organisations within the UK pet industry, including veterinary surgeries, local authorities, welfare organisations, breeders, groomers, even zoos and aquaria. Richard will be speaking about the latest advances and benefits if micro chipping in the reptile world, with a particular focuses on the issues which surround micro chipping Chelonian.
Dr Richard Struijk ‘Husbandry and captive breeding of Cuora picturata’. We are flying Richard over from his home in the Netherlands to report on his role as the European Studbook Foundation coordinator for critically endangered fresh water turtles. Richard has an extensive knowledge of captive breeding and will share his techniques and experiences of conservation breeding. Privately he works on the captive propagation of different species of Chelonia, especially the genus Cuora. Currently he breeds five Cuora species, including C.galbnifrons and C.picturata. Author of many reptile related publications, Richard has a wealth of knowledge and delivers an informative lecture. He currently is working on a book on the Cuora genus.

Dr Ryan Walker BSc MSc CEnv MIEEM ‘Madagascan Tortoise Conservation Crisis, field report’. Ryan has recently received his Phd in reptiles and amphibians. He has spent over three years studying the conservation of the critically endangered spider tortoises (Pyxis arachnoidies) as well as Madagascan radiated tortoise (Astrochelys radiata) and the most endangered of all, the ploughshare / angonoka tortoise (Astrochelys yniphora). Ryan has kindly offered to share his field images and research before his return to the field. He will be specifically speaking about his work in Madagascar and the current situation of all three species of tortoise and actions being taken to protect and save these critically endangered chelonians.

Dr David Williams MA VetMB PhD CertVOphthal FRCVS. . ‘Chelonian eye close up’. PhD at the Royal Veterinary College and now runs the ophthalmology clinic at the Cambridge Vet School and has a special interest in chelonian eyes. He keeps Mediterranean tortoises and has contributed to training some of today’s leading vets. David is an enthusiastic speaker and a passionate chelonian keeper.
www.tortoisewelfare.co.uk
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