CHICAGO HERPETOLOGICAL SOCIETY

2015-07-29

Phil Goss-TBA

 

 

 

2015-06-24

YOU!-Show and Tell

June is usually our highest attendance because for the June meeting you are the show. It's our annual show-and-tell meeting. Bring your favorite animal and give a short five-minute presentation on anything you'd like to say about a special herp. Please make sure that the animal is healthy and appropriately displayed. Please use secure, escape proof transport boxes that offer some temperature buffer for your animal.

 

 

2015-05-27

TBA-TBA

 

 

 

2015-04-29

Scott Ballard-Recent revisions to Illinois Herp Laws

The April meeting of the Chicago Herpetological Society will feature Scott Ballard of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. Mr. Ballard is the author of the Illinois Herptiles-�Herps Act that went into effect the beginning of this year. Everyone in Illinois who owns a reptile or amphibian or enjoys field herping needs to review this new law, but it�s particularly important for breeders, native animal keepers, and keepers of large or venomous animals. Talk with the man who wrote the law.

 

 

2015-03-25

Danny Mendez-Raising Ethical Standards in Herpetoculture

 

Danny Mendez is a professional zoologist and radio host/producer of one of the longest running, and most downloaded zoological based radio programs on the internet, UrbanJunglesRadio. With over 15 years experience as a zookeeper, biologist and later the director of the living collection for Liberty Science Center in NJ, Danny has had extensive experience with a diverse group of animals both in captivity and in the wild and is a past president of the NJ Herp Society. He is currently works in wildlife rehabilitation with Black Bears at a state licensed facility and keeps a large collection of reptiles at home which consist mostly of neotropical tree boas from the genus Corallus and various rare geckos such as Uroplatus from Madagascar. He was the first person to refine the simple genetic trait which causes striping in Amazon Tree boas, giving rise to the Tiger line of Amazon Tree boas.

 

2015-02-25

Dan Krull-How to make a pair of snake skin boots without killing a snake

Dan will describe the current trade in wild snake hides, its effect on the ecosystem, its cruelty, and the 1 billion dollar industry which drives it. Additionally, he will present a snake skin alternative which has the power to stop the international trade in skin while at the same time saving or improving human lives, and supporting conservation and education.

Dan Krull is co-founder of Eden Bio-Creations, and is a conservationist, animal husbandry expert, public speaker, and environmental consultant who has been working with captive animals for 20 years. He is a huge fan of the Chicago Herp Society, and is honored to have been invited back again to present to such an active and engaged society.

 

2015-01-28

Erica Mede
-Handling Reptile Emergencies