From today's rags - Cane toads getting the jump on native frogs By Greg Roberts June 7 2003 New research suggests for the first time that the introduced cane...
Originally published in the Bulletin of the Chicago Herpetological Society 38(1):11-13. January 2003. Book Review: Snakes of Western Australia (Revised...
Most people on this list or in receipt of this communication are probably aware by now that a month back (to the day) I made a presumptive diagnosis of OPMV in...
For those who saw the other mpg file of the two boys getting it on, now I give you a short video clip of a pair of virus infected adders hamming it up. The boy...
OPMV IN AUSTRALIAN REPTILE COLLECTIONS. Response by Raymond Hoser to John Weigel's (of the Australian Reptile Park - ARP) claims re OPMV or similar virus at...
On the Ozherplaw list, Scott Thomson asked some questions in relation to my OPMV conclusions or statements of fact that he felt were not adequately addressed...
Er, well not quite, but the story below from the rags is of interest. http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,6799360%255E662,00.html Virus...
Scott you claimed to have "carefully gone through your evidence" and then almost at once you get the facts mixed up making a mockery of your opening claim. You...
Thanks Craig for your post. 1/ I do not believe you are unaware of the arson calims against the ARP. They've done the rounds for a long time and as noted in...
Now that the air has been largely cleared in that the ARP have admitted that they were nigligent in not advising Bigmore of their own viral infection, I think...
One of the recipients of infected snakes has just informed me of another two deaths this week. This time it was two infected young Red-bellied Black snakes. ...
Not a good week for me. First I get caned by some evil people for doing the right thing and notifying reptile people of a deadly virus in reptile collections....
(Unedited versions of this e-mail are on the OzElapids@yahoogroups.com list server) Awaiting test results and hope to have them back within days to confirm ...
Sounds good - see below. But what about the reports he claimed to have had more than a month back? Where are they? Surely we should be working togeather on...
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Many pet snakes are venomous! Big trouble for the global pet trade in snakes. Melbourne 19 August Press conference and embargo 11 am 19 August, Melbourne...
John, in case you are unaware, tests at my end have shown the virus causing disease in my snakes and those in the same line of infection to probably be a...
Peter, I Tried two editors and got the same response - they had received telephone legal threats from John Weigel ... or at least they claimed to have done so...
For a blast from the past in terms of the impact the book SMUGGLED-2 had in terms of legalizing the herp trade in NSW Australia and other Australian states,...
Simple is best. Been getting inundated lately with requests for information on best caging for Death Adders. I guess word's got out that one or more here may...
They are at: http://www.smuggled.com/pap1.htm and http://www.herp.net and include papers on Lace Monitors, Death Adders (as usual), new species of elapids (1...
Hoser's snakes. Here there's been relapses in 4 Adders, including the original infected one (Bigmore's), however all are not viewed as at immediate risk of ...
Uncensored article at: OzHerpLaw@yahoogroups.com Any comments on the following story? http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/09/14/1063478069139.html Parks plan...
Dear friends, , I am a Spanish ecologician, working on population dynamics from 1992. In the second fortnight of October 2003 I will be lecturing an intensive...
Smuggler straps on snakes September 24, 2003 An alleged wildlife smuggler tried to enter Australia with eight snakes, including four highly venomous King...
Er, told ya so... as recently as 1993 Lleyton Llewellyn of the NSW NPWS published a piece condemning the Hoser view on these critters saying they were no...
yes, there are loads of cases like this in NSW and Qld - refer to the Smuggled books for a few. But more recently than those is the Colin Candy case that shows...