If a small group of us got together and tried to map out the history of the animals we have now we could establish some what of a pedigree this would work fine for cubans and rhinos we then make up a regestry paper like a stud book and name number and pit tag all animals that are "certified" now when you sell one people get a certificate with it and they know who the parents are and possibly more info they pay $30 for the certificate and that goes to the "club" for the cost of the pit tag and and keeping the records. duplicate coppies of the records would be kept at several group members houses for backups. The regestry would only be available to be used by members and membership would only be by a recomendation from a upper level member so as to ensure the members are established breeders that have been inspected and vetted and will follow our guidelines like the aza does now for zoos the be acredited.

This could also be done for the few caymaninsis that are out there now and all Possibles out there would have to be DNA tested befor they would be certified.

For "american lewisi"(tm) we would have to go with the best info we have at hand. It could be done like the Poltry association does it with chickens where it is a flock improvement plan. We register all our animals like above and follow an improvement plan by only breeding the best colored and true to standard animals for our "american Lewisi"(tm). As pure ones become available we could use them to improve our "American lewisi"(tm) as well as establish a regestry for pures just like the caymaninsis.

I know this sounds like a complicated thing but it has to start somewhere and with a possible future of islands with cyclura dissapearing underwater if we show we can ensure a lineage we may someday be able to get other animals that are now unavailable.

we could also do this for ctenosaurus as amny of us keep both.

the CCBA = Cyclura and Ctenosaura breeders association or guild or group or consortiom or society.

Rob

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• Cychlura regestry - cychluraguy, Mon Jan 25 07:55:06 2010
• RE: Cychlura regestry - Bayzow, Mon Jan 25 11:43:04 2010
• RE: Cychlura regestry - jf, Mon Jan 25 11:52:26 2010
• RE: Cychlura regestry - Bayzow, Mon Jan 25 12:20:57 2010
• RE: Cychlura regestry - cychluraguy, Mon Jan 25 12:36:12 2010
• RE: Cychlura regestry - Mark M, Mon Jan 25 17:54:51 2010
• RE: Cychlura regestry - jf, Mon Jan 25 18:15:32 2010
• RE: Cychlura regestry - Mark M, Tue Jan 26 00:39:48 2010