by Mario Schweiger » Wed May 27, 2009 8:41 pm
Ilian,
I have sent the link of this topic to a friend/colleguage in Zagreb, asking him for help.
Another thing:
In Croatia it is strictly forbidden, to handle herps for pictures.
Before about 2 weeks, 2 Dutch guys should pay 7.000 Kuna (=about 1.000 Euro) for handling a tortoise (Testudo hermanni) in the nature reserve near Bale, west Istria, Croatia.
But you may get the permission to do this substitutional for giving the data of the animals found (at least in the park office there).
A few days later, the ranger of the reserve showed my friends (Germans, not the Dutch), together with some local policemen, a underwater trap in the reserve. About 20 dead, drunken Emys orbicularis together with two eels have been in!
The trap was for illegal fishing in the reserve for sure!
Mario