Snake George’s Plans for 2011

The Cyprus Reptile Society Dear Friends and Members After searching for 3 years for land to build a new Reptile Park, and also a Breeding Centre for the Cyprus Grass Snake, unfortunately we have had no success, and no help from the Cyprus Government. For that reason I will be leaving Cyprus in mid January [...]

Good News and Some Not So Good News

Snake George has emailed ”Cyprus Reptiles” to say that Nick Symons (Director of the ESC in Cyprus) had telephoned him to inform him that the Captive Breeding Project under the EU LIFE Project, which includes the Cyprus Grass Snake, has been awarded by the Cyprus Government to a University located in Greece. George says ”To be honest the decision from the [...]

Good News : Land is available for Cyprus Reptile Project

An exclusive article by John Mason who is the editor of the Cyprus Reptiles web site. Since Snake George had to close his Reptile Park in Ayios Georgios, Peyia, a number of landowners have either offered land or made commercial proposals to George for re-establishment of his reptile park or for a captive breeding site for [...]

MEP Richard Howitt Questions EU Commission on Cyprus Grass Snake

Cyprus Reptiles is pleased to announce that the Labour MEP, Richard Howitt, has stated that he shares our concerns about the Cyprus Grass Snake. Richard says in his letter ; ” I share your concerns over the extinction on this endangered species and I have written to Mr Papoulias. I will contact you again when [...]

DISY Supports Campaign to Save The Cyprus Grass Snake

Mr. Averof  Neophytou, Deputy President of DISY has supported the campaign to save the Cyprus Grass Snake and has written to  the Minister of Agriculture, Natural Resources and the Environment raising the issues of the possible extinction of the Cyprus Grass Snake and to assign Snake George the captive breeding project. Snake George and The [...]

UKIP and Lib Dems act to help Save The Cyprus Grass Snake

MEP’s from the UK, representing UKIP and the Liberal Democrats, have pledged active support for the campaign to save the Cyprus Grass Snake from extinction and set up a captive breeding program.   Both political parties will be writing to European Commissioner for the Environment, Janez Potocnik (janez.potocnik [at] ec.europa [dot] eu.) asking him for [...]

Cyprus Greens Invited to Help Save The Cyprus Grass Snake

The conservation team which is working on the Campaign to Save the Cyprus Grass Snake from Extinction is very small. It consists of Snake George and Linda Crossley in Cyprus and the owner of the Cyprus Reptiles web site, John Mason, who is resident in the UK. The ConservationTeam has been so pleased to have the support of [...]

Update – Campaign to Save the Cyprus Grass Snake from Extinction

Cyprus Reptiles has been busy writing to all of the Cyprus MEP’s, Permanent staff from Cyprus on the Council for Europe, The EU Commission for the Environment and all of the Cyprus Deputies about the plight of the Cyprus Grass Snake (CGS). We have been telling them that according to George’s latest field surveys that [...]

New Petition to Help Save The Cyprus Grass Snake from Extinction

George has now launched a general online petition which calls for action by both the EU and The Cyprus Government. “We the undersigned request the EU and the Government of the Republic of Cyprus to take immediate action to conserve the Cyprus Grass Snake at locations in Xyliatos and Paralimni Lake and to take the [...]

A Day in the Cyprus Hills with Snake George & the Dragons

A Day in the Cyprus Hills with Snake George & the Dragons By Andy Ryder, Avon Reptile & Amphibian Group Snake George (Hans-Jörg Wiedl) is well known in Cyprus and across Europe as an expert in the reptiles and amphibians of Cyprus.  George was born in Innsbruck, Austria and worked as a Ranger in his [...]

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