Leicester Tortoise Society
- Newsletters
You can find the latest and back issues of our newsletter by clicking above
We exist to give advice and raise money for conservation. Monthly meetings are held at Blaby Social Centre, usually the first Thursday of the month with a variety of guest speakers and tortoise topics. See below for details.
At our April and September meetings we hold post and pre hibernation health checks on your tortoises These are open evenings at which anyone can bring their tortoise for a health check for a nominal fee.
Last year we raised money for Topanga, the tortoise centre in Cornwall which suffered the theft of several tortoises. We also made a donation to Ryan Walker who has been in Madagascar researching the Madagascan Spider Tortoise (Pyxis Arachnoides). In addition we make donations to our parent organisation, The British Chelonia Group for their chosen charity of the year.
- * Shows & Events *
We attend shows to promote good husbandry and to raise money for tortoise conservation both in this country and abroad. Come and visit us and see some of our tortoises. Weather allowing we bring a selection of tortoises
- * 2012 Meetings & MOT's *
Dates of meetings and MOT's. Important info regarding our Warkton MOT's. They will be at Warkton 2012 as usual, click on the link for datesl
- British Chelonia Group
We are affiliated to the above National Charity. Chelonia is the Latin name for the tortoise and turtle families. Please click on the link above to view their site
- Spider Tortoise - Pyxis Arachnoides
We made donations to Ryan Walker in 2009, 2010 & 2011 to help with the research he is doing in Madagascar
- Phase 2 Preliminary Report to Donars and Suuporters (PDF, 2.4 Mb)
Phase 2 preliminary report from Madagascar
- The Tortoise Garden
We helped The Tortoise Garden in 2009 following the thefts of tortoises from their site. In 2010 we again helped them because they are having a fight with officialdom. The Council have reclassified the place as a Zoo and the Tortoises as wild animals! The result is that she has to meet Zoo legislation. See our Autumn newsletter for details.
- A Tortoise who needs a friend?
Special treats for you this year
- 3rd May - Ryan Walker, our Guest Speaker
Ryan has been a guest speaker in 2009, 2010 and 2011. He will be back from Madagascar in the spring and we will have him back to speak on 3rd May 2012
- 7th June 2012 Dr Richard Thomas
A fascinating talk by Dr Richard Thomas a Senior Lecturer in Archaeology from the School of Archaeology at Leicester University with some insights as to how animals were viewed and treated as pets in early times, there will be lots of references to Tortoises. An interesting subject.
7th July, meeting details to be advised.
Illegal Activity in The Pet Trade
We have contacts with the Police Wildlife Crime Officer. If you have knowledge of any person or pet shop trying to sell a CITES listed Tortoise without a licence please let me know and I will pass the details onto the Police.
Equally if you are aware of any other illegal activity let me know. The police officer has asked that requests are made via the Group so that we can provide him with any technical help required such as identifying species.
Tony Curtis 01455 272532 or in my absence any of the numbers listed under 'contact details'
CONTACT DETAILS
We are part of the British Chelonia Group a registered charity.
Registered charity 801818
You can find directions to Blaby Social Centre via the link below
