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Thank you to everyone for the kind comments and well wishes!
Yes it was a pretty emotional day for us! The French connection will be writing an article to go all around the world to try to get international outrage over the possibility of damming the Mary River. He said it should be made a world heritage area instead of being dammed. He has dived in almost every country in the world looking for, and photographing freshwater turtles. He wants to bring some important people back in September to witness the beauty of the Mary River for themselves!

On another note, a big thanks to everyone buying the limited number of Mary's to help us raise money for this breeding program and vital equipment!
A special thank you also to Simon and Barry from 'Everything Reptile' in West Manly, Brisbane, who donated an underwater video surveillance camera with 20metres of cable and a colour monitor for people who want to see the Mary River underwater without getting their feet wet!

Regards,

Craig & Gab-AFTCRA Inc.
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60? That is a big effort. they look well conditioned. I hope they are laying clutches of their own in a few years
 
That's awesome guys, being able to breed and release endangered species back into the wild is something that you can be incrediably proud of, a great achievement, Well Done!

Best of luck with your new breeding centre, I will be sure to make the trip up once you are up and running.

Neil
 
Thanks again everyone!

We have another 47 to release so that makes it 107 for the first season.

Cheers,

Craig
 
FANTASTIC! good to see the little guys are getting a helping hand :D they are little cuties for sure - fingers crossed they survive and breed
 
CONGRATULATIONS,
Real and positive steps being undertaken by your foundation
with your captive breeding and release programes
 
WELL DONE!!! Good to see some real conservation in action, and not just hear the lip service that PR machines turn out.

:p

Hix
 
good work! Looks like a beautiful habitat for them :D
 
wow, congrats, if that breeding centre goes ahead that gonna be great, any chance you would ever be involved in western swamp turtles?
 
wow, congrats, if that breeding centre goes ahead that gonna be great, any chance you would ever be involved in western swamp turtles?

One thing is for certain, if we get the centre up and running and keep breeding endangered species for release, we will endeavour to get Western Swamp turtles for display and for breeding. The French connection are very close friends of Dr Gerald Kuchling, the person heading up the Western Swamp turtle breeding program in WA.

Regards,

Craig
 
good luck craig and just waiting on some cash then i will put money in the account
 
One of the members that originally wanted a Mary River turtle has now changed her mind so we have one more available to anyone who wants to help do their bit for conservation!

Cheers,
Craig
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Thanks again for the support!
Just today we were surprised at what was meant to be our last clutch of 28 Saw-shells hatching which turned out to be another clutch of Mary River turtles. This clutch was a surprise as that is something of a record for the most eggs laid by a MRT. Mary's usually lay up to 22 eggs. That will make 135 turtles for release this season! We are allowed to take a local newspaper to the next release to do a story on the hatchlings and make people more aware of the plight of the Mary River turtle!

Cheers,

Craig
 
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