An opportunity to hear about projects from people directly involved in chelonian conservation, husbandry and veterinary practice, as well as meeting other enthusiasts.
Non-members welcome
Ample parking on campus
PRICE £30 including lunch and refreshments during the day
CPD – 5 hours, CPD participants – half price
Less than 5 mins taxi drive from the main Cambridge station (walkable)
LECTURERS:
PROFESSOR JOHN and MRS MARGARET COOPER will present a joint lecture with the latest news from KENYA.
TITLE: Kenya, Kobe and Convocation: post-Covid recovery and renaissance.
Professor and Mrs Cooper will also be running the CPD session, assisted by animal author and Editor of PRACTICAL REPTILE KEEPING, DAVID ALDERTON.
DR JUNE CHATFIELD OBE will give a lecture on the foraging habits of our charges
TITLE: A little bit of what you fancy: Tortoises selecting food on free range
MS JEN JONES of the GALAPAGOS CONSERVATION TRUST will present the conservation lecture
TITLE: How Climate change is affecting Galapagos
MS SARAH PELLETT, an exotic practitioner, will present the veterinary slot
TITLE: Climate Change. Is this affecting chelonian cases in practice?
Mr DILLON PREST , Manager of Swallow Aquatics, will present the terrapin lecture
TITLE: The problem with terrapins
DR ALAN REES will present the sea turtle lecture
TITLE: Climate change and Mediterranean sea turtles
![The Alison Shrubsole Room The Alison Shrubsole Room](/sites/default/files/u8/symposium2024_1.jpg)
The Alison Shrubsole Room
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Fellows Dining Hall for lunch
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You can also write to or book a place: (Cheques/PO’s to THE BRITISH CHELONIA GROUP and enclose Booking Form above)
Symposium Organiser,
The British Chelonia Group,
P.O.Box 16216
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B77 9LA