Evacuating 100's of Reptiles During War | BION

Oleksii Marushchak is the Head of Research & Development at BION Terrarium Center in Kyiv, Ukraine. BION Center started in 1993 as a commercial import-export operation but has since pivoted its focus to captive breeding and prorogation with emphasis on rare and endangered species. In this episode, Oleksii discusses BION's philosophy, how they keep and breed their reptiles, and also their Responsible Herpetoculture initiative that aims to steer reptile-keeping in the right direction. We of course also discuss the heartbreaking events that have taken place in Kyiv this year and the damage and loss BION has suffered as a result. Oleksii leaves everyone with a simple call-to-action for how we can help!

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0:00 Coming Up
01:34 Guest Introduction
4:33 Housekeeping
5:21 Welcome Oleksii / Background of BION
9:59 Oleksii's background and role at BION
17:31 High care standards at the breeding facilities
21:08 Air Raid Warning
23:00 Developing new breeding methodologies
26:24 Favorites genus or species?
27:52 Living in the breeding facility for 2 months straight
30:16 Why do Male Uroplatus phantasticus suddenly die?
33:45 Responsible Herpetoculture - What is it?
47:28 Extracting information from expert breeders
49:51 RH Memberships - Why Join?
56:56 Conflict in Ukraine - Tell us your story?
1:13:00 Issues with BION offspring
1:17:32 How can we help BION?
1:23:18 Closing Thoughts
1:24:36 Outro

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