Vol. 30 (2010), No. 1

MI ESOTA HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY EWSLETTER

PIJAC/NARBC Event, plan to attend this one! page 4 Salmonella report from the Center for Disease Control - pages 5 & 6 Excerpts from Kate Jackson's book - pages 7 & 8 - Want another book to read? pg 91

MHS Board of Directors President Jennifer Hensley Starbrst72@mns.com

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Vice President David Dewitt Ddewitt777@comcast.net

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January 2010

Volume 30

Number 1

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Newsletter Editor Kathy Claugherty iwannaiguana@gmail.com

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The Minnesota Herpetological Society is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization.

Membership is open to all individuals with an interest in amphibians and reptiles.

The Minnesota Herpetological Society Newsletter is published monthly to provide its members with information concerning the society's activities and a media for exchanging information, opinions and resources.

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Further the education of the membership and the general public in care and captive propagation of reptiles and amphibians; • Educate the members and the general public in the ecological role of reptiles and amphibians; • Promote the study and conservation of reptiles and amphibians.

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Newsletter of the Minnesota Herpetological Society January 2010 Volume 30 Number 1

alen ar f vents January peaker Marc ailey will be speakin on ball pyth ns, his breeding facility, and the current, ongoing legislation battles in the pet trade.

Upc ming Speakers ...

February, Dr Amy Kizer, topic to be determined.

March, to be determined.

Tom Crutchfield, possibly Mayor October Jeff Ronne the Boaphile, date to be determined.

The votes have been tallied! Welcome new members of the Board of Directors!

President: Jennifer Hensley Vice-President: Sonja Koolmo Recording Secretary: Ellen Heck Membership Secretary: Heather Clayton Treasurer: Missy Hicks Newsletter Editor: Sally Brewer Members-at-Large: Jeff LeClere, Chris Smith, Jenna Rypka-Hauer, Kathy Claugherty

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Newsletter of the Minnesota Herpetological Society

January 2010 Volume 30 Number 1

Join today and help protect your rights

Feb 13-14, 2010 Sat 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sun 11 :00 AM - 4:00 PM The Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) has issued an urgent action alert to combat a new bill that can potentially end our industry. The bill, as many of you know, would ban the ownership of certain reptiles as pets. As of yesterday, the bill was modified to be much less damaging, thanks to PIJAC, USARK, and the many individuals that donated money and worked behind-the-scenes. If this bill had gone through as written, it would have ended the NARBC, The Daytona Expo, Reptiles Magazine, and put most of the larger, legitimate people in our industry out of business.

We are not done with Senate Bill 373 as currently written. We still need to fight against the current animals listed on it.

HOW CAN I HELP? NARBC is organizing a special, one-time benefit exposition to raise funds and awareness of the issues facing the reptile industry on behalf of PIJAC and USARK. The PIJAC USARK Tinley Park Summit & Show will be held on Feb 13-14,2010 at the Tinley Park Holiday Inn Convention Center in Tinley Park, IL. DIRECTIONS. OUR CALL FOR VENDORS IS NOW OPEN. Your participation in this inaugural exposition will be essential to saving our industry. As with NARBC, this special show and fundraiser will be attended by the industry's finest. Please expect a special emphasis on the steps we need to take to save the reptile industry. All talks will focus on this theme.

INDUSTRY SUMMIT We will host a very important industry meeting at the Tinley Park Convention Center on Friday, Feb. 12 at 6:00 p.m. We wil! close vendor set-up so everyone can attend.

We need to keep pounding away at all of our representatives in Congress to let them know what we think about this new bill. Please read through PIJAC's alert at: http://capwiz.com/pijac/issues/alert/?alertid=14409726&queueid=[capwiz:queuejd] When this bill does go through, it will not be the end of this issue. There are many more bills like it on the way being pushed by very motivated and financially healthy animal rights organizations misinformed about our industry. We need to band together now more than ever. If you think we are finally out of hot water on this issue, you could not be more wrong.

Please know that your participation in this upcoming show and summit will hugely impact our ability to take action on your behalf. Contact us with any additional questions.

Pet Shop owners, can receive up to 1 VIP Passes at all three NARBC Shows. ($100 value) Additional buyers they can purchase a VIP/Buyers badge for an additional $25.00 when accompanying the pet shop buyer.

To apply for your passes send by FAX 575-557-7575 copies of your Business License and Pet Store License, Names for badges and all the usual contact info.

All requests will be reviewed by show management.

FYI - Brick and mortar pet shops ONLY, not Internet store fronts or non-pet shop retail stores!!

n ther great event to put n your calender submitted by Chris Smith 4