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PHS is supported by a variety of local news media. We're glad for one more way to get the word out on the conservation and preservation of wildlife. Below are some samples of our news stories.
February 2009
Alligator's return home to Florida, thanks to the Phoenix Herpetological Society. Click on the links to see the story on the different news channels around Phoenix. AZCentral Story #1
March, 2008, AZ Central Arizona Desert Tortoise Adoption Program, click here to see the video
March, 2008, Phoenix Magazine Barely Legal Why owning an exotic animal can come back and bite you. See our featured article in Phoenix Magazine, click here
November 27, 2007, AZ Republic Pulliam Trust awards $1.46 million to 19 non-profits The Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust awarded $1,468,300 in grants to 19 Arizona non-profit organizations. "Nina Pulliam believed we all have a responsibility to give back to our community," For more of the story, click here
September 20, 2007, East Valley Tribune Pet shop turns into animal death trap. Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies arrested a Surprise pet shop owner Wednesday after investigators found numerous dead animals inside the store. For more of the story, click here June, 2006, AZ Family and Channel 3 Video on Mesa alligator story, click here
June 30, 2006, AZ Republic Tale of Mesa gator apparently a crock By 6 a.m. Thursday, the edge of the lagoon at the La Valencia apartment complex in Mesa was already swarming with people wanting to see the alligator people say has been living in the water and eating ducks for a week. For more of the story, click here
June 29, 2006, AZ Republic Gator still lurks despite lake drain; hunt continues It's still out there. A Game and Fish official and volunteers from the Phoenix Herpetological Society went to the La Valencia complex this morning and said they'll come back again a bit later to see how the draining is going. For more of the story, click here
March 29, 2006, The Verde Independent Local men help capture AZ alligator Clem, a wild alligator living in spring water on the Arizona Strip, weighed only 125 pounds when he was captured last July. That's a big reptile but only half of what an 8-foot alligator should weigh. For more of the story, click here
March 24, 2006, East Valley Tribune Local nonprofit houses hundreds of reptiles A 400-pound alligator, a 4-foot crocodile and eight deadly albino rattlesnakes live in north Scottsdale. But they aren’t slithering through the vacant desert landscapes — these are among the hundreds of creatures that live in 42-year-old Daniel Marchand’s backyard. For more of the story, click here
Archive July 14, 2005, Las Vegas Review Journal July 5, 2005, The Gator News, UF Alumni Association More than 75 alumni and friends joined the Desert Gator Club® on June 12 to come to the aid of alligators that had been illegally transported through Arizona. The 32 seized gators are being housed at the Phoenix Herpetological Society and the group brought in over 200 pounds of food, which will feed the gators for about seven days. "When I read about them in the paper, I said, 'We've got the manpower; let's do something for these gators,'" says Gary Manton, president of the Desert Gator Club. The club plans to assist the gators throughout the year and will accept assistance from volunteers. June 16, 2005, The Spectrum, St. George, UT June 5, 2005, Arizona Daily Star
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