[Dtwg] Captive PIT tagged terrapin

Thu Oct 17 11:56:12 EDT 2019

NEPARC has been compiling information from turtle studies in the northeast that employ PIT tags, in an effort to assit returning any seized animals to their point of origin. Offhand, I recall tag type, number of tags deployed, general location, tag manufacturer/model, and reader manufacturer/model were the data they collected from participants. Obviously not all DTWG members are from the NE region and I am uncertain whether or not similar initiatives are being undertaken by other PARC chapters. If not, something similar that is terrapin specific might be useful to help resolve issues like this more quickly and with less effort.

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From: Dtwg <dtwg-bounces at listserv.ohio.edu> On Behalf Of Barbara Brennessel
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2019 8:25 PM
To: Marguerite Whilden <tidewater1 at mac.com>
Cc: Dtwg at listserv.ohio.edu
Subject: Re: [Dtwg] Captive PIT tagged terrapin

This is an interesting idea.  I leave it to the leadership of the DTWG to decide on a policy and devise a method to share this information.  Perhaps the tagging efforts could be shared at regional meetings and then collected at the next national meeting...

On Wed, Oct 16, 2019 at 6:25 PM Marguerite Whilden <tidewater1 at mac.com <mailto:tidewater1 at mac.com> > wrote:

Regarding the tagged terrapin discovered at a reptile show, it would be helpful to have a readily available chart describing all terrapin tagging efforts.  If not already established there should be a code of ethics adopted by any/all researchers permitted by States to tag wild terrapins that would require an effort to notify the source of the original tag. (The Maryland Scientific Collection Permit once required such notification.) I learned recently that terrapins with Terrapin Institute tags and other obvious telltale marks on the shell were discovered in the Chesapeake.  Unfortunately there was no effort to identify the original tagger and report such findings because the researcher was unaware of any other tagging programs.  The Terrapin Institute has posted several photos depicting examples of our various tagging techniques beginning with our 1998 tags.  
Might there be any interest among this membership to compile a chart of tagging efforts and develop a code of ethics?  

> On Oct 16, 2019, at 12:15 PM, Barbara Brennessel <bbrennes at wheatonma.edu <mailto:bbrennes at wheatonma.edu> > wrote:
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> Thank you for all your responses. We identified the area from which the captive PIT tagged terrapin originated.  Law enforcement is now in the picture. 
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>  It's quite a coincidence that this was reported just after the DTWG workshop in Wilmington at which there were a couple of talks that mentioned poaching.
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