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Posted by: wireptile at Fri Jul 23 17:19:19 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by wireptile ] A former WI DNR employee informed me that the agency prosecuted a WI high school biology teacher for having what they determined was a ornate/three-toed hybrid(adult-presumed WC). I saw photos and it definitely looked like that hybrid. The teacher was given the turtle by a student that bought it in a pet store but at some point no longer wanted it, years prior to that incident. The DNR employee said the agency went so far as to do DNA tests to determine the genetics of the turtle prior to making their case. They totally ignored the fact that three toed's dont range anywhere near WI so the ornate parent could also not have been a WI specimen. But the offending specimen was half ornate so the owner was found in violation of possessing half of a state endangered species. It was confiscated by the agency. I wondered what they planned to do with it. | ||
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